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You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised (www.theregister.com)
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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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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Keepass, upload the database file to random free cloud accounts after making changes to the database.

This is foulproof as long as the end-user device doesn't get hacked, right?

Edit: Did I say something wrong? Why downvotes? Database file are encrypted, even if someone gets it, its encrypted and they don't have your password.

So its basically safe to upload your database. If you think I'm wrong then explain why I can't use free cloud accounts to store an encrypted file?

[–] blueberry_793@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yes and no. You can store them in a free cloud account, provided you have local copies; there's a risk your access to the cloud storage could be denied. A security risk is that they could harvest these databases, and decrypt them later.

I think your best bet, if you were to use free services, is to delete old databases from the cloud. Encrypt the new databases with the updated password manager and a new master password.

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