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algernon, to privacy in How bad is Idea of .Zip as password manager?
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Very bad, because the usability of such a scheme would be a nightmare. If you have to unzip the files every time you need a password, that’d be a huge burden. Not to mention that unzipping it all would leave the files there, unprotected, until you delete them again (if you remember deleting them in the first place). If you do leave the plaintext files around, and only encrypt & zip for backing up, that’s worse than just using the plaintext files in the backup too, because it gives you a false sense of security. You want to minimize the amount of time passwords are in the clear.

Just use a password manager like Bitwarden. Simpler, more practical, more secure.

algernon, to linux in I'm addicted to caring for my Linux distro, polishing things, optimising stuff it's so funny! Got some stories like that?
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A story like that, eh? Well, as it turns out, the entire configuration of my operating system is a story. Or rather, many stories.

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