Re: your mail

James Chua (jlchua@mnl.sequel.net)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:35:36 +0800

At 06:59 PM 8/27/1996 -0700, you wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, James Chua wrote:
>
>> Ogo Gurus:
>>
>> Is there some way to store secret information which has to be accessed by a
>> password without using the master password? Just like in the Casio digital
>> diaries, there is a secret mode in which after entering a password, one can
>> store data into the phonebook.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>James
>
>No way that I know of to do this in phonebook. Some have
>suggested that you can store "secret" data at the end of a
>long field. Thus your "secret" isn't immediately apparent
>in the field that is first seen on the screen. Others have
>suggested to store the data in an obscure reference or a
>very common reference that might not attract interest. For
>example, you could store your secret Swiss bank accont
>number under Time and perhaps no one would recognize that
>the time number wasn't correct. You could also write a
>password protected program that wouldn't divulge the
>"secret" information until 3 or 4 corrct passwords were
>entered. But your secret would still be apparent were
>someone to ascii dump all your programs. I don't use the
>Omnigo Password system, but I believe that even that is not
>secure.
>
>Wes Jan
>
>

I'm not a programmer so I don't think I can write one to get around the
security system. Similar to your suggestion of storing data in into
something that will not call too much attention, I created a database with a
'Category' field. I would put all my secret data into different categories
and I have a dummy category named 'Main'. I will then change the view
subset to Main which of course does not have any records. This way,
somebody not familiar with the Ogo will have to do a lot of poking around to
figure out how to display my secret Swiss account no. To add more security,
I also use the Ogo password system but it's a hassle to have to input your
password each time you switch on the Ogo.

James