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What are the advantages of portable apps? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I recently learned that you can make many apps such as browsers portable on a USB drive and I was wondering, aside from being able to take it on the go, what other advantages does portable apps have? I know it won't take up much storage. Is there any privacy benefits?

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[โ€“] [S] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

One of the uses I was thinking of was putting a password manager on a USB. Not only it's portable, but I don't have my passwords in the cloud, it's offline storage. And so long as I encrypt the USB, access to the drive would be denied. But I don't know if its worth it.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 8 months ago

    Hmm... you probably want your passwords on your phone?

    I use keepassxc and sync with syncthing.

    Its not off-line, but its not on public infrastructure.

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