South African bank advises against the use of password managers

Re:South African bank advises against the use of password ma... by marvel_boy on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:11AM (#20737388)

Half of Android "password managers" are scams.

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Re:South African bank advises against the use of password ma... by rhinoceraptor on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:22AM (#20737486)

I’d bet half of all Android apps are scams.

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Re:South African bank advises against the use of password ma... by chopin on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:36AM (#20737598)

I bid higher...

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Re:South African bank advises against the use of password ma... by thrownaway954 on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:47AM (#20737692)

I'm sure there is an app that could tell us the true count.

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Re:South African bank advises against the use of password ma... by viraptor on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:56AM (#20737758)

Have you got the numbers for it, and a proof that significant number of people actually use them? Searching for password manager I got to 16th entry before reaching an unknown author and ~40 positions before I reached anything really questionable. Even assuming the install numbers are not inflated, you don't get more than 10k users on the lower entries.

There are probably some scams down the list, but claiming half of them are without an explanation is just FUD.

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Re:South African bank advises against the use of password ma... by yxhuvud on Monday August 19, 2019 @10:06AM (#20737823)

While that may or may not be true, I can quite understand why the bank would want to have some certification or something of the password manager to ensure the security. A password manager that is insecure is worse than no password manager.

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