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The title would make more sense with quotes around the CSS keywords: I'm sure LastPass setting the delete account to "display: none" was coincidental
Nevertheless you are right. Clarity is needed here.
Is LastPass one of those password managers that only encrypt passwords and leave other data as is? I always cringe when password managers do that. This is a funny joke for anyone who understands even a little about cryptography.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Our new parent company -- that works in a security-sensitive industry -- rolled out LastPass over the last few months. I sent a warning letter to the CISO listing the previous hacks and vulnerabilities in LastPass. Then this new hack happened, and the CISO sent out a letter saying that there is nothing to be concerned about and that all is well. When the news broke that the breach was worse than predicted, I sent ano…
You are reading too much into it. Probably ciso is busy with other things and cannot respond to every's smartass wishes.
I work at a large company and against the opinion of many engineers and infosec folks, lastpass was picked as our preferred corporate password storage. I'm just waiting for a call from infosec asking me to log on and to rotate a bunch of creds. Happy Holidays.
Our new parent company -- that works in a security-sensitive industry -- rolled out LastPass over the last few months. I sent a warning letter to the CISO listing the previous hacks and vulnerabilities in LastPass. Then this new hack happened, and the CISO sent out a letter saying that there is nothing to be concerned about and that all is well. When the news broke that the breach was worse than predicted, I sent ano…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Our new parent company -- that works in a security-sensitive industry -- rolled out LastPass over the last few months. I sent a warning letter to the CISO listing the previous hacks and vulnerabilities in LastPass. Then this new hack happened, and the CISO sent out a letter saying that there is nothing to be concerned about and that all is well. When the news broke that the breach was worse than predicted, I sent ano…
He doesn’t need to be getting a kickback. He probably just wants to spin as hard as he can that his poor choice cost did not cost the company a bunch of money.
Just deleted my account - everything was fine. One thing to note, there's nowhere in the UI or account settings tab to delete my account. I had to go directly to the link.
That's the point OP is making - the button to do it from within the UI has been hidden with CSS attribute
display: none
Is LastPass one of those password managers that only encrypt passwords and leave other data as is? I always cringe when password managers do that. This is a funny joke for anyone who understands even a little about cryptography.
I see why it's a bad idea, but what does that have to do with cryptography?
HN12345[*] is easier to find if you know that the website used is called Hacker News.
[*] Not my actual password.