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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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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And this is why I always thought a password manager is a bad idea.

Centralizing your passwords means there is one really juicy target, that if compromised, ruins everything.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's clearly a risk, but if you have dozens of accounts and passwords it's hard to come up with a feasible alternative.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

my solution is to make variants of my usual password that are so different I end up having to reset my passwords constantly. Lately, I've taken to writing my passwords on a piece of paper in my house, which means I can choose more unique ones