Password managers don’t protect secrets if pwned
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: Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options

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.…

  • favoredponcho@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    As one of the most popular alternatives to Apple and Google’s own password managers, which together dominate the market, the researchers found Bitwarden was most susceptible to attacks, with 12 working against the open-source product.

    Shit

      • favoredponcho@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        No because the attacks assume the server has been compromised. It might make you a smaller target, but as a smaller target, you might also be more likely to mess up securing your server in someway.