Password Managers: Under the Hood of Secrets Management

Re:Password Managers: Under the Hood of Secrets Management by prophesi on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:05PM (#19211459)

There's no such thing as a multiple SPOF; that's called a multiple point of failure, which is a good thing.

Security is a battle of convenience. If your threat model is state actors, then it may well be worth the inconvenience to have your data secured in several different locations, running Tails OS on everything, scrapping your smartphone, and so on.

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Re:Password Managers: Under the Hood of Secrets Management by ergothus on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:58PM (#19211910)

> that's called a multiple point of failure, which is a good thing.

Totally leaving aside the argument you were in - multiple single points of failure are bad, and very different than the opposite of a single point of failure.

Having a SPOF means one thing will take you down. Having multiple SPOF means any one of those can take you down. Lack of any SPOF means no one thing will take you down, it will require multiple problems. 3 distinct options.

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Re:Password Managers: Under the Hood of Secrets Management by prophesi on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:47PM (#19212875)

Ahh, you're totally right. I'll scratch out my post so I don't spread misinformation.

Edit: hm, too much time elapsed for me to edit the parent post

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