Hello Paul, I was shocked and disappointed with your 'knee-jerk' reaction to Shayne's accurate and factual reply.
Shayne did not have to take the time to reply to WAMUG list and possibly diffuse a panic that your reply might have given people who don't understand security issues. A little research on your part before replying, to find out just how secure 1Password is and also what Little Snitch does & doesn't do (& how to understand, use & control Little Snitch), would have been more appropriate. 1Password uses 128-bit keys for encryption, which means that it would take millions of years for a criminal to decrypt your data using a brute force attack. Your data is encrypted using AES, the same state-of-the-art encryption algorithm used as the national standard in the United States. <http://help.agile.ws/1Password3/agile_keychain_design.html> The Agile Web Solutions developers are working on a new release of 1Password (1Password 4). Their arm is to make 1Password as easy as possible to securely and reliably sync 1Password data. Ronni On 10/12/2010, at 11:06 PM, S Beach wrote: > Hi Paul > > I appreciate and respect your caution, particularly in relation to matters of > personal security. My response was not intended to be critical; if anything a > little lighthearted. > I simply wanted to make the point that the response from Agile support was a > fair and reasonable explanation and response to his concerns. > I thought that your "very disturbing" comment was a bit unfair however I now > notice that your email was actually before John's second email so you were > commenting without the benefit of seeing the explanation given by the support > person. > > I apologise if my response seemed harsh or offensive. > > Regards > > Shayne > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Paul Weaver <pwea...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > Well then, good luck to you. PW. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S Beach" <sbscr...@gmail.com> > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Sent: Friday, 10 December, 2010 8:06:41 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / > Hong Kong / Urumqi > Subject: Re: 1Password > > Don't panic Mr Mannering! (Nods to the old "Dad's Army" series of yesteryear) > > Actually Paul it is not disturbing really. The second reply that John got > from Agile support is a reasonable explanation of why he is getting warning > messages from Little Snitch. It is simply advising him what the > 1PasswordThumbs process is doing. And the response from support gives a > logical explanation of why the process is doing it. > > As they say: > "This thumbnail capability can be turned off in 1Password's Preferences, but > it's perfectly expected that 1PasswordAgent will "get the attention" of > Little Snitch. Because the sites it wants to access are the same ones (and > just as varied) as you use in your browser, it's simplest to tell Little > Snitch to always "Allow any connections", otherwise you'll be prompted for > each one (your choice of course!)." > > Nothing to panic about there. > > Regards > > Shayne Beach > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Paul Weaver <pwea...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > The experience John has reported is very disturbing. I'm glad I didn't join > the rush. > > Paul. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
