“AFAIK there has been no recent leak from Dropbox - the last was in 2017 and I got an email to change password.”

Hi John,

Was that a typo? I was asking about a leak from Magix.

I’ll also see what that alternative tool reports, thanks for the lead.

All my web account entries, including the 12 suspects mentioned, include username, email and password.

Terry

@johnebaker @terrypin

Hi Terry.

I have had constant emails from Google for over a few years about Dropbox being insecure and I have ignored all of the warnings. Funnily though in the last few months I have heard very little from Google about Dropbox. I have heard nothing from Dropbox itself on the subject of data breaches. Which do I believe?

I have heard nothing about Magix data breaches.

Ray.

@johnebaker @CubeAce

Hi both,

Just checked that Pawned site and it reported just one breach of my main current email address: MrExcel.com.

It's clearly not a direct comparison because that tool searches just one email address (I used my main current ID), not all the web sites in which I've ever registered an account, stretching back into the distant past.

But it does raise obvious questions about the usefulness of the analysis.

I’ll take it up with their Support.

P.S. FWIW, Passwords only works on my PC, despite also being installed and properly configured on both my iPhone and iPad.

Terry

@terrypin

Hi Terry

. . . . Was that a typo? I was asking about a leak from Magix. . . . .

No - the fact that the app mentioned magix dot info does not mean there was a leak from there.

Did you link your Magix account any other site eg Youtube, eg for uploading direct from MEP?

As Ray has commented I too have heard nothing about a breach at Magix.

John EB

@terrypin @terrypin

Hi Terry.

I'm also interested in why you chose a separate application to store your passwords.

I just use my web browser's with my account with it. Even if I have to totally rebuild my PC (lose both copies of Windows) I can get all my passwords back from a backup file or logging into my account.

At least your post made me look deeper into Dropbox and now know why I don't get messages from Google any more. They are now both in partnership with Microsoft for cloud based sharing of files and no longer seen as competition to each other.

I'm wondering if you use the MEP cloud storage solution at all and if that has a part to play. I have never used that side of things. Apart from Dropbox and Nikon's shared space that comes from owning Nikon gear that I mainly have used to place images into old websites I set up some time back, I rarely use either.

Ray.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

. . . . Hi Terry. . . . I'm also interested in why you chose a separate application to store your passwords. . . . .

Do you mean me?

I use a separate application because it is inherently more secure.

John EB

@CubeAce

Hi Ray,

I'm wondering if you use the MEP cloud storage solution at all and if that has a part to play. I have never used that side of things. 

What MEP cloud storage solution do you mean?

John CB

@terrypin

Hi Terry.

I'm also interested in why you chose a separate application to store your passwords.

I just use my web browser's with my account with it. Even if I have to totally rebuild my PC (lose both copies of Windows) I can get all my passwords back from a backup file or logging into my account.

Hi Ray,

Separate from what?

I'm a long term Dropbox user but until a week or so ago have never used a 'password manager'. (Apart from my own notes - now some years overdue for massive editing!)

What web browser do you use? Can you amplify on "I just use my web browser's with my account with it" please? I'm not impressed with the DB PW app so I'd welcome alternatives.

I don't use any MEP 'cloud storage' (AFAIK!).

Terry

@terrypin

Hi Terry

. . . . Was that a typo? I was asking about a leak from Magix. . . . .

No - the fact that the app mentioned magix dot info does not mean there was a leak from there.

@johnebaker @CubeAce @browj2

Agreed, but the message against each of those 12 entries was definitely worded that way! Wanted to include a screenshot but can no longer access that part of the app!

Did you link your Magix account any other site eg Youtube, eg for uploading direct from MEP?

No.

Re your reply to Ray: what password manager do you recommend?

Terry

@browj2 @johnebaker @terrypin

Hi John EB.

I wasn't referring to anyone in particular. I can't recall talking to anyone about password protection or the saving of passwords in the past. Actually I just remembered about a conversation I did have with you but at the time of writing my comment above it wasn't in my mind at all.

Hi John CB.

I was referring to the the part within MEP that allows access to anyone's One Drive or other cloud storage spaces.

Hi Terry.

I use Firefox but not necessarily for that reason although it exists and is useful. I know others here don't like Firefox but I use it because it has the most accurate colour management of any current web browser although the gap between its colour management and other browsers get closer each passing year.

Personally I worry more about various web links than having my passwords hijacked. Even my antivirus has yet to get close to my location.

From my own perspective I don't really trust any of it and do as much checking for myself as I am capable of.

The problem with the internet is there is always a compelling opposite viewpoint that may have merit.

I would rather pay subscription fees or one off payments than be offered free items that cost privacy issues but I'm sure governments would object as much to that as the companies would. 😂

What I do like to spend a little time doing when I can is to browse where I have absolutely no interest. Like things I don't like and dislike things I do like. Just to mix things up a bit. Google to my mind is much worse than Facebook.

But then even my car tracks me when I don't have my phone with me. I just can't get away from some things. 🙁

Ray.

@terrypin

Hi

. . . . what password manager do you recommend . . . .

The best and most popular are Dashlane and Roboform.

John EB

.

@CubeAce

Hi Ray,

I was referring to the the part within MEP that allows access to anyone's One Drive or other cloud storage spaces.

That would be "Cloud Import" under the Import tab. It does nothing in MEP2021 and VPX12 for me. It seems to be broken. Can others please check this?

This is linked to the Update Notifier, Cloud Import and is supposed to give access to Google Drive and OneDrive - for the user who has the un/pw to his account, not just anyone. I couldn't log in to Google Drive - it told me that something, like my browse, was not secure. OneDrive worked ok and opened it. I clicked out of OneDrive and the Update Notifier told me that the Magix Cloud Import Wizard has already been started and is running in the background. There is a button "Display." Clicking on it does nothing.

So, this seems to be broken as well. Others?

John CB

@browj2

Hi John.

I wouldn't know as I have no other online storage areas other than Nikon My Space and Dropbox.

I had disabled all links in the MEP VPX cloud import app to stop it from popping up. Google Drive has been replaced by Google with Google Backup and Sync so probably doesn't work. No idea on the Windows One Drive.

I have disabled anything I don't use in Windows such as Cortana and the Xbox app.

Ray.

@browj2

Hi John

'Cloud Import" under the Import tab. It does nothing in MEP2021 and VPX12 ' - same goes for me here, neither does it work for transferring files from Camera MX like the old version did.

John EB