[andrethegiant]

This isn't about widgets, but that's ok cause this is the lounge.

I'm getting excited about creating my first public website, and I thought of something that might be a good idea, or it might not. My idea was a website that you can input all your urls, usernames, and passwords for other websites and such, so if you're on someone elses computer and you don't remember your password for one account, you log into my website with your master password and from there you have all your passwords for the websites you choose.

In short, this website will be keychain access in web form.

Please tell me if this is a good idea or not... I am a bit worried about security in this case. Also please tell me if you think this would be popular.

Thanks a bunch,
JB

[Dori]

[andrethegiant]

well, in that case, people can email themselves anything for later use. They could email themselves all of their bookmarks, but del.icio.us makes it much easier. This would be like del.icio.us for passwords, but with a better design (and no tagging needed).

[purvisa]

I have to say that security is my concern, too. My sense is that if something is important enough that you might need it, you can memorize the password.

For people who refuse to do that, there are almost always options to have forgotten passwords mailed to users, and Dori's mention of Gmail works well there too.

Finally, flash drives.

I would not use the site, nor can I find a compelling reason to suggest it to others. Then again, I use a laptop.

[jtbandes]

[gnome]

What I would like is an open-source password tracker that you can upload to your own server. That would make me feel better -- and be useful.