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

  • Aram855@feddit.cl
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    1 year ago

    So then why not use pen and paper and be done with it? It’s basic opsec

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      1 year ago

      It’s a solution, but very inconvenient. There is also no backup, in case of destruction.

      It is also not encrypted. So anyone stealing it can read it.

      A password manager is great for storing sensitive information like password in a secure way, at least if the master password is good enough. And the password manager isn’t a shitty one (Lastpass). The online password managers allow syncing, and also often can export a file.

      Local password manager can also produce an encrypted backup file which can be stored on a server. While also offering some convenience to log in and storing many random passwords.