[o1y32]

> I never use my cell phone for anything finance or medical related

Do you realize that 99.99% of the population in the world, including maybe 99% of the people here, don't do that? Similar to those comments that say "I don't use a cell phone", sorry what is your point? You realize that your very unique way of living and your life experience don't apply to others, and your comment is meaningful to just about nobody but you? Do you actually expect people to read your comment from there?

[whatwhaaaaat]

Just chiming in to say a text file encrypted with vi storing passwords is a heck of a lot more common than you seem to think. I know at least one team who use this method and there is a reasonable chance you’re interacting with some of their infrastructure secured by this method right now.

It’s about as secure as anything (esp after the swap file issue was resolved).

[monsieurgaufre]

I’m note sure what your definition of common is but i can say that this way of storing passwords isn’t.

[whatwhaaaaat]

Yes it is

[monsieurgaufre]

Your position implies a lot of specific knowledge about technologies and how they work. It hardly fits with the definition of "common".