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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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[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

I just write down password hints on a scrap of paper.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you don't have to use your passwords from multiple locations, your hints are intelligible only to you, and you don't leave the paper anywhere too obvious, this isn't a bad solution.

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