the paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/058.pdf
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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I was always (and still am) under the assumption that you are fucked anyway, if either endpoint is compromised.
Sure, you can do a lot to make it less and less comfortable to read a password. But I’m not convinced that it is possible to. Fully prevent it from happening, no matter how hard you try.
I'm slowly moving over to my own manager, I'm still struggling to get it to all work properly on all my devices though.
Interesting paper and I agree with the researchers to consider full server compromise in scope for online password managers. Maybe I missed it, but I'd have liked a section on the response by vendors. Mistakes happen, but the response and actions taken are very important for (continued) trust in a vendor.