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More than $35 million has been stolen from over 150 victims since December — ‘nearly every victim’ was a LastPass user (www.theverge.com)

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More than $35 million has been stolen from over 150 victims since December — ‘nearly every victim’ was a LastPass user::Security experts believe some of the LastPass password vaults stolen during a security breach last year have now been cracked open following a string of cryptocurrency heists

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[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely, Keepass is a great alternative to cloud managed password managers.

You are also vulnerable to keyloggers or clipboard captures

Keepass (and most password managers) are vulnerable to this as well.

[–] Rootiest@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Keepass (and most password managers) are vulnerable to this as well.

Not if you use the browser extension

Plus it does automatically clear the clipboard after a short time which isn't perfect but it's still an improvement over using a text file