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by obarthelemy 1156 days ago
"encrypted by password" doesn't mean much by itself: is the whole security chain open source ? audited by a third party ? as well as any changes ? Secured by the provider accepting responsibility for breaches and their consequences ? ...

Employees down to subcontractor's trainees can modify the code or pwd store... FYI, the industry standard for "risk of corruption" is: 3 months of wages. In low-pay countries, this means, literally, pocket change. How sure are you that whatever Google does is impervious to such insider bad actors, even if at a specific time their setup was indeed secure ?