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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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[–] 27 points 8 months ago (3 children)

JFC this headline. BREAKING NEWS: Healthy people die off an old age.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Password managers are supposed to be designed to resist a situation where they're compromised, and are only ever supposed to see a mysterious blob of encrypted data without ever having access to any information that would help decrypt it. The headline's more like M1 Abrams Tanks Vulnerable to Small Arms Fire - it'd be totally expected that most things die when shot with bullets, but the point of a tank is that it doesn't, so it's a big deal if it does.

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