Wladimir Palant personal blog
Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother
There is a weakness common to any software letting you protect a piece of data with a password: how does that password translate into an encryption key? If that conversion is a fast one, then you better don’t expect the encryption to hold. Somebody who gets hold of that encrypted data will try to guess the password…
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Security & PrivacyWeb & Frontend2018
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2018 | Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother by twapi | 137 | 90 |
