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You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/42164102

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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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 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?

[–] osanna@thebrainbin.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

did you miss the part where he said that legitimate sources were... infected?

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm talking about the article that AbidanYre linked a few comments up, not the article from the post.