Comments for The Dark Side Geek http://siliconexus.com/blog Memes and Musings of an IT Engineer Turned to Management Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Secure Password Management with KeePass and MiniKeePass by Bill Houle http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/08/secure-password-management-with-keepass-and-minikeepass/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Bill Houle Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:19:30 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=887#comment-1891 I don't jailbreak, so I can't answer for certain. But unlike most other apps, you can know exactly what the program is doing by reviewing the source code. I certainly trust the developers and their AppStore version. Do you trust Cydia? (Which I personally believe is an "Android Marketplace" accident waiting to happen...) I don’t jailbreak, so I can’t answer for certain. But unlike most other apps, you can know exactly what the program is doing by reviewing the source code. I certainly trust the developers and their AppStore version. Do you trust Cydia? (Which I personally believe is an “Android Marketplace” accident waiting to happen…)

]]> Comment on Secure Password Management with KeePass and MiniKeePass by Barry http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/08/secure-password-management-with-keepass-and-minikeepass/comment-page-1/#comment-1889 Barry Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:58:05 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=887#comment-1889 Yeah i heard about Minikeepass , Actually i am using a jailbroken ipod touch, and i just want to know is it really safe to use Minikeepass on a jailbroken device ? and is this app is really safe in itself ? Looking for your response. Thank You ! :) Yeah i heard about Minikeepass , Actually i am using a jailbroken ipod touch, and i just want to know is it really safe to use Minikeepass on a jailbroken device ? and is this app is really safe in itself ?

Looking for your response.
Thank You ! :)

]]> Comment on Using MiniKeePass with Dropbox by Bill Houle http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/10/using-minikeepass-with-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1796 Bill Houle Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:35:36 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=988#comment-1796 Just to provide some closure, the iPad problem that Mike & Laura were asking about <a href="https://github.com/MiniKeePass/MiniKeePass/issues/55" rel="nofollow">seems to have been resolved</a>. The issue appears to be resulting from a bug in the iPad version of Dropbox - not MiniKeePass. When the KDBX file is synced in Dropbox, the date info on the left changes, but the file is never reloaded in the right-hand pane. So when exported, it is still the old copy. The trick is to force the file to reload by opening a different file and then returning to the KDBX. At this point, the export will work fine. There is no such problem with the iPhone version of Dropbox because the UI does not have separate navigational and file-data panes. Just to provide some closure, the iPad problem that Mike & Laura were asking about seems to have been resolved.

The issue appears to be resulting from a bug in the iPad version of Dropbox – not MiniKeePass. When the KDBX file is synced in Dropbox, the date info on the left changes, but the file is never reloaded in the right-hand pane. So when exported, it is still the old copy.

The trick is to force the file to reload by opening a different file and then returning to the KDBX. At this point, the export will work fine.

There is no such problem with the iPhone version of Dropbox because the UI does not have separate navigational and file-data panes.

]]> Comment on Using MiniKeePass with Dropbox by Bill Houle http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/10/using-minikeepass-with-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 Bill Houle Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:45:42 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=988#comment-1745 @Mike- As I suggested to Laura, try contacting the developers by opening an issue on GitHub (https://github.com/MiniKeePass/MiniKeePass/issues). I have no affiliation with Mini other than as a 100% satisfied end-user. Though that's probably because I never hit your bug. :) @Mike- As I suggested to Laura, try contacting the developers by opening an issue on GitHub (https://github.com/MiniKeePass/MiniKeePass/issues). I have no affiliation with Mini other than as a 100% satisfied end-user. Though that’s probably because I never hit your bug. :)

]]> Comment on Using MiniKeePass with Dropbox by Mike Lacy http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/10/using-minikeepass-with-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Mike Lacy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:35:08 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=988#comment-1744 I've been having the same problem that Laura described on her 12/12/11 post. I use MKP on my Windows PC and my iPad. I usually make all edits to the password entries on my PC and they get saved directly to a folder on my Dropbox. When I open Dropbox on my iPad is see the edited kdbx file and it has the correct date/time stamp. When I go to import that file to MKP on my iPad, MKP opens and I enter the password for the kdbx file and it opens, but it does not show any recent edits. I even tried deleting the kdbx file on my iPad when MKP is open, closing MKP and then going back to Dropbox and reopening the file, but still the new edits do not appear on my iPad. I have another Windows PC and when I open MKP on that machine my new edits always appear. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks I’ve been having the same problem that Laura described on her 12/12/11 post. I use MKP on my Windows PC and my iPad. I usually make all edits to the password entries on my PC and they get saved directly to a folder on my Dropbox. When I open Dropbox on my iPad is see the edited kdbx file and it has the correct date/time stamp. When I go to import that file to MKP on my iPad, MKP opens and I enter the password for the kdbx file and it opens, but it does not show any recent edits. I even tried deleting the kdbx file on my iPad when MKP is open, closing MKP and then going back to Dropbox and reopening the file, but still the new edits do not appear on my iPad. I have another Windows PC and when I open MKP on that machine my new edits always appear. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

]]> Comment on Using MiniKeePass with Dropbox by Bill Houle http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/10/using-minikeepass-with-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1733 Bill Houle Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:35:13 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=988#comment-1733 @Andrew- I haven't had a problem pushing an update into Mini; using Dropbox to "re-export", it overwrites just fine. So I haven't had to take that intermediate step of deleting. But just the same I'm lined up right there with you on awaiting the improved Dropbox integration. @Andrew- I haven’t had a problem pushing an update into Mini; using Dropbox to “re-export”, it overwrites just fine. So I haven’t had to take that intermediate step of deleting. But just the same I’m lined up right there with you on awaiting the improved Dropbox integration.

]]> Comment on Smartphone Tethering by Bill Houle http://siliconexus.com/blog/2010/06/smartphone-tethering/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Bill Houle Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:29:52 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=267#comment-1732 Unfortunately I think you are at the nexus no supply no demand. A smartphone without a data plan is just a feature phone, and fax is old technology. Even though it seems totally feasible, I doubt many developers will be lining up to create an app for that. Unfortunately I think you are at the nexus no supply no demand. A smartphone without a data plan is just a feature phone, and fax is old technology. Even though it seems totally feasible, I doubt many developers will be lining up to create an app for that.

]]> Comment on Smartphone Tethering by moggyman http://siliconexus.com/blog/2010/06/smartphone-tethering/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 moggyman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:29:26 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=267#comment-1727 And how can you use your smartphone as an analog modem? Why? I want to fax and I have no data plan! And how can you use your smartphone as an analog modem? Why? I want to fax and I have no data plan!

]]> Comment on Using MiniKeePass with Dropbox by poushag http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/10/using-minikeepass-with-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 poushag Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=988#comment-1724 I thought I should add that when I updated my kdbx file on the computer it was automatically uploaded to dropbox. On the iphone I had to delete the current kdbx file from minikeepass and then use the dropbox app to push the latest version back to minikeepass. It seems that the dropbox app is unable to push the updated file and overwrite the existing one, likely because minikeepass was runnning in the background. I suppose I could have quit the minikeepass app and then tried to push the kdbx update, but just deleting the old file is quicker. I'm really looking forward to dropbpx integration within the app. I thought I should add that when I updated my kdbx file on the computer it was automatically uploaded to dropbox. On the iphone I had to delete the current kdbx file from minikeepass and then use the dropbox app to push the latest version back to minikeepass. It seems that the dropbox app is unable to push the updated file and overwrite the existing one, likely because minikeepass was runnning in the background. I suppose I could have quit the minikeepass app and then tried to push the kdbx update, but just deleting the old file is quicker. I’m really looking forward to dropbpx integration within the app.

]]> Comment on Using MiniKeePass with Dropbox by Bill Houle http://siliconexus.com/blog/2011/10/using-minikeepass-with-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Bill Houle Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:04:24 +0000 http://siliconexus.com/blog/?p=988#comment-1715 @Glen- Thanks for the tip. Not something I would have been bit by, since I try to source the master on the PC side and use Mini for reading only... @Glen- Thanks for the tip. Not something I would have been bit by, since I try to source the master on the PC side and use Mini for reading only…

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