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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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[–] unhrpetby@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

My comment was to answer the question of: "Why is this relevant?" (Its been asked a lot). It's relevant because Bitwarden is claiming that they "cannot see your passwords".

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Well if they store an encrypted blob they can't see them.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

I didn't think you were making the post to defend Bitwarden or something. I was just adding the details of one of the exploits the paper found that directly contradicted their claim.