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What are the chances of Lastpass being backdoored?

Posted by chashaz on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @02:57AM
from the self-post dept.

I'm a full time user of Lastpass, the free or paid online cloud based password manager.But in the light of recent revelations involving various government backdoors in popular sites, I'm beginning to wonder if such services can be trusted.I'm not an expert but I'd seriously want to hear the opinion & advice of HN users.Thanks

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Unblockable Hacker News

Posted by chashaz on Thursday May 30, 2013 @05:16AM
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So...I have nothing against this site...in fact I love it so much that I unconsciously browse this site even when I should be working.So to keep the distractions at bay I have added entries into my /etc/hosts file and pointed the link of the site along with others like facebook, etc. towards 0.0.0.0 in the hope of blocking them.Actually it did work and almost all sites from youtube to facebook...

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Coding system of choice

Posted by chashaz on Saturday June 09, 2012 @02:14PM
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Hi guys, I'm a coder myself and at the moment I personally code on a laptop. (It is bulky, can't take it every where but it gets the job done.)Anyway, I was wondering what you guys prefer to use to do your coding?There's a wide variety of choices starting from Netbook, Notebook, Ultrabook, good old Desktop and some people even code on an Ipad!Anyway, please state what you use to do your coding,...

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Re:Mosh: SSH for 2012 on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @02:26AM (#3820992)
Ya...the features of Mosh sound quite interesting..there's been a lot of times when I forgot to quit out of my shell & had everything messed up...so had to relogin, etc. so this will certainly help. But one thing that I'm still not that sure about is the security...is mosh secure like ssh? It obviously acts as a client on top of that protocol if I'm not wrong then it should be pretty secure right?
Re:Best Ultrabook for Linux? on Sunday March 18, 2012 @12:15PM (#3719989)
I haven't heard of System76 before but their pricing is pretty competitive not to mention they claim to officially support a linux distro. Thanks for sharing :)

Best Ultrabook for Linux?

Posted by chashaz on Sunday March 18, 2012 @10:16AM
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Hello,I'm a programmer and I'm looking for some recommendations as to what type of Ultra-book I should buy for myself. I use Sabayon Linux (Gentoo based) and I would mainly use an ultra-book for programming and perhaps some light gaming.I'm looking for hardware that is fully supported / compatible on Linux & I'm interested in hearing more about your suggestions.Kindly note that I'm willing...

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Re:Job Seeking Hacker Gets 30 Months In Prison on Sunday February 05, 2012 @01:20PM (#3554697)
Sounds more like a script kiddie than a hacker...a true hacker is not this pathetic & doesn't reveal his identity.
Re:The Qt Project is live on Friday October 21, 2011 @09:41AM (#3139644)
So QT is GPL now instead of LGPL? Also what about pyQT, is it still LGPL?
Re:Advice From An Old Programmer on Thursday June 16, 2011 @03:35PM (#2662874)
I totally agree, it's quite an inspiring article.

My dad suggests that I take over his business which I might but I'm still sticking to programming as a career. May be I won't be earning a lot of $$$ but atleast I'll be doing something that I totally enjoy.

Re:A pulse no longer necessary for life on Wednesday June 15, 2011 @10:06AM (#2657137)
Hmm..very interesting technology. Is it the beginning of immortality?

Just for the laughs, this reminds me of the fictional Umbrella Corp. and may be this could end up being the real life version of Resident Evil? :P