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by lucb1e 2470 days ago
Online is better than not having a backup, so for your hypothetical mom it is probably a good idea (unless you manage their backups).

I would generally trust them to want to do the right thing, but software vulnerabilities or crypto bugs (weak IV initialization or so) are reasons to not do this. Unlikely, but the impact is large. But the chance (and impact) of losing all your passwords is even larger.