link PC database to password safe on Samsung s7?
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This is probably much simpler than I think. I have password safe on my desktop and I want to use Psafe on my samsung s7. What are the steps?
Assuming your phone has a MicroSD memory card slot I would just connect a MicroSD card to the PC and transfer the "PasswordSafe-Database.psafe3" (or whatever yours is named) to the MicroSD card then put that into your Samsung s7 and copy over the database file to your phone and run PWSafe on your phone and guide it to that file somehow. that should be the gist of it I would imagine. but I am not a fan of doing anything important on a smart phone in general as I would imagine they are generally less secure than a proper computer like a desktop/laptop which tend to be more up to date with security updates etc.
Password Safe (by Jeff Harris) on Google Play store is what I imagine the version you want to download for your Samsung s7.
Thanks for your response. I should be able to link my phone and computer
electronically to connect to my password database. No luck.
On 5 Dec 2020 at 6:44, ThaCrip wrote:
Art Layton, #21
Mattapoisett Landing
cell: 774-582-6095
You should be able to connect the phone to your PC using a USB cable and then transfer the file with Windows Explorer. There may be a notification on the phone to choose the type of USB connection, and you'll need to choose the option to enable file transfer.
I already have the psafe3 file in Dropbox on my phone.. Now what do I
do?
On 5 Dec 2020 at 15:34, Jeff Harris wrote:
Art Layton, #21
Mattapoisett Landing
cell: 774-582-6095
If you have the PasswdSafe app installed, you should be able to click on the file in the Dropbox app and open it. Saving may or may not work depending on the level of support in Dropbox.
That works; I knew there was a simple solution.
On 5 Dec 2020 at 21:33, Jeff Harris wrote:
Art Layton, #21
Mattapoisett Landing
cell: 774-582-6095
Just some thoughts in relation to services like Dropbox... personally I am not a fan of uploading sensitive files like Password Safe's database file online, since it just increases the risk of being compromised a bit, especially if your master password is not plenty secure. I suggest something like Diceware (i.e. https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/18/eff_large_wordlist.txt ; with that you basically need five dice and for each roll of those five dice, reading from left to right (or right to left) as they fall in front of you gives you a 5-digit number which you then translate into a word using that txt file(NOTE: a six word passphrase seems to be a suggested minimum which gives you 77.5bits of entropy. 10 words gives you 129.2bits which is basically uncrackable for the foreseeable future since it's about equivalent to a random 20-character password using the 94 keys(all besides spacebar) on a standard keyboard) or a half way decent password paired with padding (i.e. for example... instead of "MyHalfWayDecentPassword" you could use something like "-----MyHalfWay?DecentPassword.........."). with that said, I suspect the padding option is easier to remember for the common person.
or put it this way.... if your going to upload something sensitive online, I would just assume someone has access to it. but if the file your uploading is encrypted itself, which Password Safe's database file is, then it should be pretty secure as long as your master password is quite secure. so if your using some so-so master password on the Password Safe database file, then it's a bad idea to upload that online in my opinion since your just increasing your risk. because if the Password Safe database file is stored locally (i.e. on your computers hard drive and the like) then the only way you can become compromised is if your computer is compromised somehow. but if it's online then it's just a additional risk since if some random person got a hold of your database file and cracked it they would have access to pretty much everything you do online that requires a username/password to login.
on a side note... one can increase Password Safe's security a bit in the sense it should make brute force attacks take longer... Manage > Options > Security and then under the 'Unlock Difficulty' one can raise that a bit if you want to. the higher that slider goes the more of a delay there will be before the database file is opened. but it's only a slight delay if you raise it a bit. but doing that makes it so if anyone attempts to brute force it, it will slow the amount of passwords they can try per second which will make it take longer for them to crack. but if your password is really secure then it probably won't matter all that much if you leave things in their default state or increase the slider. but if your password is decent, but nothing super secure, then it might be worth doing just to be on the side of caution.
but anyways, in relation to your Dropbox stuff... unless your changing or adding entries to the Password Safe database much, I would just copy the database file out of the Dropbox to your phones storage then you know everything will work well without issue since it won't be using anything online and will be stored and accessed locally. but obviously if you do this and change any entries or add new ones, you will have to adjust things accordingly so your using the same up-to-date Password Safe database file across your devices.
just some thoughts ;)
Last edit: ThaCrip 2020-12-06