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Windows Cardspace on Vista. Is it safe?

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PepperBreath

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A while back I got a bit paranoid about the inate insecurity of early windows builds like Windows 98 and bought a license to AI Roboform in order to store and encrypt my passwords. I've been using it all the way upto Windows XP although due to me constantly installing and reinstalling my OS, I've had to contact Roboform in order to grant me more activations.

It's a huge pain because as a system builder, I'm reinstalling my OS all the time so having to request activations to a program I legally purchased seems silly.

Anyway, I noticed Vista has CardSpace and was wondering if this is a bit safer to use than previous Windows just storing personal information somewhere on the drive. The Vista Help site says it encrypts the data but I was wondering what you guys thought. Should I just put up with AI Roboform or is it ok to trust Windows to keep my passwords safe now?
 
Originally posted by: fyleow
You could try something like Keepass.
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One of the reasons I like Roboform is due to the autofill ability. Whether it's a large form or just a username/pass, it'll fill and submit with just one button click.

I've tried a lot of free and open source password managers and none of them have autofill, or at least do it as simply as roboform.

I'm trying out Keepass right now on my laptop but the reason why I asked about Windows Cardspace is because I know it'll autofill forms and stuff. I'm just wondering about its safety.
 
Microsoft released the Infocard spec to the community. Cardspace is Microsoft's implementation of Infocard. I am not quite sure it exactly what you are looking for however because it isn't a password manager. To really unleash the power of Cardspace, you need to be logging into a website that supports Cardspace.

The idea and concept behind Cardspace is much better than OpenID. It is just too bad that the OpenID zealots can't see beyond their bias when it comes to the InfoCard spec. BTW, I am a Mac user so I am far from a Microsoft zealot.

 
My mistake. I thought Cardspace was a new way that Microsoft was storing passwords on the home PC.

Well, in any case, what could I use instead of Roboform. Any suggestions? 🙂 Is it safe to just have them stored by IE?
 
Originally posted by: PepperBreath
My mistake. I thought Cardspace was a new way that Microsoft was storing passwords on the home PC.

Well, in any case, what could I use instead of Roboform. Any suggestions? 🙂 Is it safe to just have them stored by IE?
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Sure if you are using bitlocker
 
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