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Re:I worked at LastPass as an engineer. My 2 cents on the si... by tptacek on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:32AM (#34128057)
Their encryption code predates libsodium, and ECB was (on many platforms still is) the default mode --- also, the only mode that doesn't require confusing extra parameters.
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Re:I worked at LastPass as an engineer. My 2 cents on the si... by eternityforest on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:31PM (#34129101)
It's an utterly useless mode though unless you add your own confusing extra stuff. It was probably a bad plan to make that the default.
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