iPhoneer Blog

April 26, 2009

Storing sensitive information on iPhone

I come from a Palm world where I used YAPS to store sensitive information, instead of masking notes as privates because that way you had specific fields depending on the type of note you wanted (Bank info, ATM, SSN, etc).

Now with the iPhone I use this webapp: http://passvault.ktomics.net

I like it because:
- It's easy to use and really fast since it's formatted for the iPhone.
- It has templates and categories as YAPS had.
- You can add the page as an icon on the iPhone as any app.
- You can access your data from any online computer, so you don't need to worry about losing your data if you lose or misplace your iPhone.

Anyway, you must consider that all your sensitive data is stored online, so carefully read the conditions of the service and their online FAQ.

April 23, 2009

Flock Social Browser

I recently started to use Flock, a browser focus on easily connect to popular social and sharing services just as facebook, youtube, and blogger.

It’s a great idea, once you configured the supported accounts (with the exception of LinkedIn I could find the services I use the most), you can use sidebars to receive latest updates and to upload and share new content.

But yesterday I had a problem and the browser started blank, with all services and sidebars empty. Looking at GetSatisfaction.com I found a tip on deleting de sqlite configuration file, after that the services are fill again but the accounts are not configured, so I still thinking on going again, or not, through the accounts configuration procedure.