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Password managers less secure than promised

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Re: Password managers less secure than promised

#5
I’m not sure why anybody is surprised. Eventually, everything is proven to be less secure than promised, especially once they are online.

There are certain types of data I prefer to have complete control over. Passwords, no matter how encrypted they claim to be, are top of the list.

Re: Password managers less secure than promised

#9
caveat not properly addressed in the blog post: all "attacks" are assuming full takeover of web servers, which is certainly a scenario that should be protected against, but isn't really a vulnerability unless chained with something else.

almost all online services would be "vulnerable" in this way - take almost any login system. an RCE on a system hosting a login page would obviously be vulnerable to account takeover

better link here (the technical details): https://zkae.io/

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