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You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised (www.theregister.com)
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Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options Academics say they found a series of flaws affecting three popular password managers, all of which claim to protect user credentials in the event that their servers are compromised.…

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I store my passwords on a flash drive with KeepassXC. How about you compromise that server... Oh wait a minute, no server?

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    So just get it from your repo.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Repos can get / have been hacked/malicious code injected.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    So can anything. The article was about people getring compromised copies from malicious websites. The answer to that is to get it from a legirimate source, so if your comeback is the legirimate source can get compromised, the only answer is to not use the fucking internet. What the fuck do you want to hear?

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