Why articles like this scare me

[2timer]

http://lifehacker.com/5989980/ive-been-using-evernote-all-wrong-heres-why-its-actually-amazing

I can totally empathize with the appeal here, but the idea of putting "everything" into a single app is just scary. Evernote itself got hacked just a short time ago. Used to be, there was just a couple of giant OS software companies that worried about security: Microsoft and Apple. Now you have all these little app companies running around, how are they going to defend you from a security invasion?

This is just scary. I would love to fully embrace a good app, but unless it's from Google itself, I'm not sure I would.

 

[Paperlantern]

I have my stuff spread over a few different places. Training and classes I put in Evernote, writings and things like informational spreadsheets I use Google docs, and for small things like tech papers or PDF e books to read i'll put in Google or even Drop Box.

I cant bring myself to put anything like a password list, or even financial notes or personal information in cloud services. Just can't do it.

I don't like the idea of all the eggs in one basket either. I'm also paranoid enough to have different e mails and passwords associated with these services.

Small attack surface.

 

[colonelciller]

store your data on your own hardware, not on someone else's server ..."cloud"?

 

[Eureka]

I store all of my passwords in the cloud. However, I have them all in abbreviations only I can decode. Helps me remember which password was used for which account.

 

[lxskllr]

I use the portable Windows version of Keepass, and store it in Dropbox. That way I use it in Wine on GNU/Linux, or on Windows as necessary. I'm banking on the encryption beating out crackers, and the better passwords being of greater utility than keeping things very close. I'm new to password managers, and used to keep them in my head. Naturally, my passwords weren't the best due to having to remember them. I'd prefer having them on my own server, but I don't have my own server. That'll be something for the future.

 

[Paperlantern]

store your data on your own hardware, not on someone else's server ..."cloud"?

This. I store all my data on my own hardware. Drobo NAS and VMWare ESxi 5.0.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Yes, If I were to put any passwords or a manager program like Keepass on the cloud, then i'd definitely put it in an encrypted container such as Truecrypt.