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• How I use the notes field in my password manager

  I use notes as a mini-changelog to track the context and history of my online accounts. I write down why I created accounts, made changes, or chose particular settings.

• Beware of incomplete PDF redactions

  If you’re not careful when redacting PDFs, it’s possible to share more information than you intended.

• A robot leaked my SSH keys

  A cautionary tale of a daft incident where I leaked a set of SSH keys to GitHub.

• Beware of logged errors from subprocess

  If you use Python’s subprocess module, be careful you don’t leak sensitive information in your error logs.

• Use keyring to store your credentials

  If you need to store passwords in a Python application, use the keyring module to keep them safe.

• Tidying up my 1Password