Aegis: Add an option to use another password for encrypted backups
Hello
Thank you for this great app.
Please add option to select another password other than app password for encrypted backups.
What i mean is exactly like andOTP encrypted backup feature.
the use case here is for example i use a simple password for app itself but i want to set a long and complex password for backups that i want to store them in cloud or ...
Thanks
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I'm glad you like it!
I can see how having a separate password for backups could be useful. However, I'm really not a fan of the use case you're describing. It's just as important to encrypt the vault with a strong password on your phone as it is anywhere else. If we decide to implement this, we should take care not to expose this feature in a way that encourages users to set a weak password.
That being said, I think this would be relatively easy to implement, as the vault format already supports having multiple password slots. We could simply add a slot for the backup password and exclude the other one when creating a backup.
alexbakker
on 2 Jun 2019
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I'm glad you like it!
I can see how having a separate password for backups could be useful. However, I'm really not a fan of the use case you're describing. It's just as important to encrypt the vault with a strong password on your phone as it is anywhere else. If we decide to implement this, we should take care not to expose this feature in a way that encourages users to set a weak password.
That being said, I think this would be relatively easy to implement, as the vault format already supports having multiple password slots. We could simply add a slot for the backup password and exclude the other one when creating a backup.