I recently experienced something on my computer that put me into panic mode, and I thought that I would share it with you. I tried to access my Norton Password Security vault through my Google browser. I typed in my password to unlock the vault. However, after I did so, the screen where I type my password kept buffering and buffering; but it would not open the vault.
I got really impatient, and then I clicked away that screen and decided to start over again. However, instead of that screen coming back where I could type my password in it once again, I actually got my Norton Password Security vault screen, except here was the problem. All the passwords and everything else I had stored in it were gone.
I got rid of that same screen a couple of time, and I would try to bring it back in hopes that my passwords and other data would be there waiting for me. No such luck.
I then restarted my computer. This time after I typed in my password, everything on my computer froze up. Could it have gotten any worse? Well, what I did was press the off button to shut everything down on the computer.
After I turned the computer on again and restored all the tabs I had previously open in my Google browser, I decided to try something different. I attempted to access my Norton Password Security vault in my Mozilla Firefox browser, and this time I was successful at doing so. The passwords and everything else were there. I guess miracles do happen.
I did the wise thing and jotted down my password for my Norton account itself in case I had any additional trying experiences with my Norton Password Security vault. Now came the major test. I wanted to find out if I could open my Norton Password Security vault in my Google browser without there being problems.
I went into my Google browser, pulled up the screen where I was to type in my password to enter into the Norton Password Security vault, and I typed my password. The process took an unusually long time to complete, but I managed to get into it successfully; and all my passwords and data were back again.
I'm an agnostic. However, if there was a God and he wanted to convince me that he did exist, an incident like this would be an excellent way for him to do so. These problems always take you by surprise. However, when you find a solution to them in the manner that I did, you can't help but feeling as though white light has fallen upon you and given you a spiritual awakening, for a lack of a better description.
Losing all your passwords and relevant data in your Norton Password Security vault or the likes feels like the kiss of death. Pray and hope that it never happens to you. The instructions that the artificial intelligence gives you in the Google search to undo the problem are complex. I think the way I went about handling it was the best way to do so.
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I wouldn't trust any of the corporations you mentioned with any data whatsoever, let alone passwords.
I bet an open source resource is available that doesn't come with corporate overlords.
The only other alternative would be for me to write down the user names and passwords on a sheet of paper, which I have. However, the problem is that if that sheet of paper gets misplaces, then it's a headache to deal with the repercussions of it.
You could put it in a document on a thumb drive?
Or, look into open source key managers, they likely save to usb's, too.
I did think about putting my user names and passwords in a file on a flash drive. I also have another computer that is offline. I could probably duplicate the file on it with that information.
Google drive has been repeatedly compromised for hive keys over the years.
Storing keys in 3rd party software, especially for profit corporate software, is unlikely to be a good idea.
Local backups, even printed ones, are safer, imo.
I'm thinking that if I put my user names and passwords on my other computer's hard drive, I cannot go wrong inasmuch as that other computer is offline. Then I could copy them to a flash drive from that offline computer, because then there would be no way of anyone getting a hold of them as long as I never plug that same flash drive into my online computer.