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Re:Cryptopathic: The situation at LastPass may be worse than... by wepple on Friday December 23, 2022 @11:54PM (#34114109)
And likewise “military grade encryption” usually means “win2k Visual Basic backend”
Re:Cryptopathic: The situation at LastPass may be worse than... by wlesieutre on Saturday December 24, 2022 @12:49AM (#34114363)
Your data is automatically translated into Navajo
Re:Cryptopathic: The situation at LastPass may be worse than... by FooHentai on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:26AM (#34114536)
That’s a great reference, thank you for the laugh.
Re:Cryptopathic: The situation at LastPass may be worse than... by kodah on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:46AM (#34114629)
That's a silly term for that. Commercial businesses have the same access to NIST that the military does. Their guidance is even free!

Military grade when we're talking about a screw is a little different. It means that the screw is made and QC'd to a very specific spec/standard.

My next question might be, "Where can I find you on the FedRamp approved list?". To which, I'm sure they'd respond that anything outside the algorithm is not military grade, which is what most attackers will exploit in the end.

Re:Cryptopathic: The situation at LastPass may be worse than... by whatshisface on Saturday December 24, 2022 @03:53AM (#34115160)
In electronics military grade means it works over a wide temperature range. That's about it.
Re:Cryptopathic: The situation at LastPass may be worse than... by raverbashing on Saturday December 24, 2022 @08:21AM (#34116549)
There's a bit of actual truth in this

FIPS certified systems can actually be less secure (by design) than non-certified ones