Re:Password Managers: Under the Hood of Secrets Management
by UncleMeat on Thursday February 21, 2019 @12:24PM
(#19218519)
The malware just waits until you use one of these passwords? The threat model of "I have these crazy essential passwords that I literally never use" is worthless. It costs the malware author nothing to wait.
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Re:Password Managers: Under the Hood of Secrets Management
by oarsinsync on Friday February 22, 2019 @05:11AM
(#19224251)
Malware is like any other threat to any system. The longer it persists, the more likely it is to be detected and purged.
Malware that exists purely transiently in my system is a lot more likely to be successful and remain undetected, than malware that persists.