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How does this compare to a service like 1Password? While I get the convenience of having access to it anywhere on any machine since it seems like it's web based, I'm not a huge fan of web base password storage. Most people would not trust you to store their passwords. Some will, but there will be a huge number of skeptics.

I like services on my local machine. While it is true I can't access all my passwords when I'm not on my main device, two things come to my mind right away:

1. I rarely if ever use any other machines. When I do, I easily memorize my passwords for common things I like to check. Usually these days I check them on my smartphone.

2. There are ways to get 1Password to work with Dropbox which in turns allow me to replicate what you guys are doing without having to exclusively use an online service.

Having said that, I believe you can still garner userbase, but my original question stands, what added benefit do you guys offer?

PS Site design is a bit hideous, a change may help.

Unlike the Dropbox method you mentioned, Passwords.cc encrypts the data. Last I checked, Dropbox does not encrypt user's files but I may be wrong (I am an avid user of Dropbox myself). The benefit to Passwords.cc over 1Password is mainly sharing - we created a system that is best used between people, whether it be a married couple or a group of developers. We plan on adding browser support (plugins and extensions) and a desktop app.

Thanks for the input on the site design.. we will work on it, but we spent more time on the UI after you log in.

Dropbox possibly doesn't encrypt user's data but 1Password does. You already have to have two layers of passwords to even get to the encrypted list of passwords stored before hand.

On the shared passwords, I haven't found much use for that ever. Generally speaking, I would just have people create their own accounts or some services allow for sub-user accounts. I can't imagine many use cases having to give someone your password and I'd imagine that the of use of the service is focused on the primary user so whoever they choose to share their password with will have to find their own way to remember the password.

On the note regarding the plugin support, that still doesn't change it's web-base. As for desktop app, unless its a true local machine service, if you're calling back to a server somewhere, it doesn't change the security issues raised in my original post or that of others here.

I never thought about using 1Password with Dropbox, but would you be able to install dropbox on all computers as opposed to a web based alternative?

Sharing passwords is quite important in the development world. When a client gives a company their authentication credentials, it is imperative to keep the data secure while still sharing it with all the developers. The benefit to Passwords.cc with sharing is that the other people who don't have accounts can still view shared passwords without ever registering.

The desktop app we plan on having will be a local system with option of syncing online.

You can access the agile key via dropbox's web login without having to install

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