Security is an important part of Wallet. As an application that is used to store personal information, Wallet has a number of features that can protect your information.
Select a topic below to learn more about how Wallet secures data:
Your Wallet password is used to encrypt and protect your Wallet database.
Generally, the longer your password is, the more secure it is. There are other steps you can take to create a more secure password:
- Use both uppercase and lowercase letters
- Use numerical digits (0 - 9)
- Use symbols (*, $, #, @, etc.)
- Avoid repeating characters
- Avoid using real words from the dictionary
If you forget your password, you'll lose access to your database. If you need to start over, click the ? button on the lock screen and then Reset to reset your database.
Protecting Data: Should you or someone else unwantedly click the Reset button, don't worry - a backup has been created. You'll be able to find it in ~/Library/Application Support/Wallet/
Wallet uses 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to encrypt all data. You can learn more about AES on Wikipedia.
In the Wallet Preferences, there are a number of security-related preferences you can opt to use.
Automatically lock your Wallet database when your Mac goes to sleep or after inactivity.
Clear clipboard after locking or quitting. This will remove any data left on your clipboard from Wallet.
Access Log. Enable this to have Wallet log every action. If someone has been snooping or trying to get into your database, the Access Log will let you know.