Oh for sure. My original point, way back up tree, still stands though. If you care about security, surely you should care about security. If the data is just on

Oh for sure. My original point, way back up tree, still stands though. If you care about security, surely you should care about security. If the data is just on your computer and you're not worried about people getting access to the file why don't you just use a text file, or get the browser to save passwords, or a billion other possibilities that don't cost USD$50-70? There is something to be said, I suppose, for "well if I sell my computer and forget to dd the drive / it gets stolen then it stops randoms from easily gaining access to my stuff". You then need to wonder if that's the only file you wouldn't want people being able to access. If it turns out that there is other stuff as well, perhaps encrypting your home directory is a smarter idea (I hear there isn't a massive performance hit these days)?