SPB Wallet - a safe but uncomfortable storage of sensitive data

Over the past few months it has been a number of cases, when the passwords of web services and social networks were laid by hackers on the Web. Security experts who have studied these data, note that Internet users are still using easy to select the password. Hack account "Odnoklassniki", or is not so difficult "in contact".

To minimize the risk to help tailor-made solutions. There are programs that allow you to quickly create and enter a long password. we talked about one of these applications - 1Password.

Not long ago, the developers of SPB Software (domestic company with offices in Russia, the USA, China and Thailand) have offered to tell us about their software product - SPB Wallet. What we are doing.

Plato is my friend, but ...

SPB Wallet is not a classical hranilkoy passwords. The program is designed for the safe storage of various types of sensitive data, including:

• Credit cards
• These passports
• Maps reserve tables in restaurants and hotel rooms, etc..

The application interface does not hold water. Probably no one in SPB Software Mac is not the main working machine. Unbearably horrible icons that can not be met for ten years, a complete mix of styles. Comes to the absurd: template gallery icon - a Network icon in the system settings Mac OS X, but as an icon Web page using Internet Explorer icon! Here are a few screenshots that will judge the SPB Wallet user interface:

Unfortunately, domestic developers rarely given due attention to the UI. Refer to interfaces as "beautiful", believing that it is all "subjective". (Interestingly, the same approach in AvtoVAZ or not?).

SPB Wallet functionality also not happy. While storing data about the maps and the truth is quite convenient (helps online templates gallery), working with passwords is implemented successfully.

The fact that the SPB Wallet poorly integrated with browsers. The situation is this: the developers have added support for Apple Safari, but did toolbars for Internet Explorer (true, yes) and Firefox. And it is unclear where to find the add-on for Firefox - it is not installed by default, and only mention in the documentation, but there are no links. If you can not be in one or two clicks to insert a longer password, lost all the value of such an application.

SPB Software has released version Wallet for multiple platforms: Windows, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Mac OS X, iPhone. Synchronize data between the Mac and by holding an iPhone may be Bonjour service. SPB Wallet for Mac OS X is on sale for $ 4.93 (do not be surprised unusual price now is a discount), and the iPhone-version will cost slightly more expensive - $ 4.95. But, frankly, in the current form, we can not recommend to anyone this program. It is better to take a look at 1Password ...

• program page
• Link to the App Store