Clipperz online password manager just won its first award: it is one of the 20 dumbest startups of 2007! Too bad I’ve not prepared my acceptance speech to thanks the nice folks at Mashable and Drama 2.0.
Why did Clipperz get on that list?
A web-based tool that enables you to store your passwords, PIN numbers and other sensitive information in one place and to share them with others if desired? If you don’t see the potential problem with this, you probably deserve to have your identity stolen. Who knows - perhaps you’ll get lucky and someone with a little more intelligence will assume it.
Are we upset by this award? Not at all! We firmly believe that trust is a major issue for the future of online services and we appreciate any initiative that can bring more attention on this subject. It certainly gives Clipperz a chance to advocate zero-knowledge web applications to a broader audience.
However, if you are interested to find out if Clipperz is a dumb idea or not, I suggest to read the privacy and security section of this website. You can also visit the Clipperz forum and ask our users, or just browse the many interesting discussions about trust, transparency and cryptography. As an example, yesterday I really enjoyed this thread.
Happy holidays!
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I agree with you
Hi Marco, Mashable surprises me with its superficial (and “dumb”) analisys. I agree with your post. Merry Christmas, Francesco
PassPack Co-founder www.passpack.com
The "dumb" award is dumb
I’ve been with you guys for a long time and I think they totally missed the mark on that one. With your zero-knowledge model and total transparency of code, security, and your thoughts :-) it is the best password site out there.
The criticism was directed at “store your passwords, PIN numbers and other sensitive information in one place and to share them with others” BUT… are there currently any better methods of doing this?! How would a user save ~50-100 usernames and unique/strong passwords without writing them down somewhere? Of course they would go on paper somewhere or a spreadsheet or on your laptop/phone. All of which is easier to steal/compromise/hack than clipperz.
So to all the critics out there what is a better solution than clipperz? A solution that has better security, better support, and better transparency?? I didn’t think so… and yes, I am a clipperz fanboy! :-)
I partially agree, Joe
Hi Joe, I partially agree with you. Sincerely I prefer Passpack. It is anonymous too (if you want) and more complete and user-friendly. I love the 1 click auto login.
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