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More than $35 million has been stolen from over 150 victims since December — ‘nearly every victim’ was a LastPass user::Security experts believe some of the LastPass password vaults stolen during a security breach last year have now been cracked open following a string of cryptocurrency heists

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Any obvious holes in keeping a text file on my laptop that I encrypt when not using it? Using ccrypt on linux.

I do not want my passwords - even encrypted - on the cloud or at the mercy of a 3rd party in any fashion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you care about security, use FDE. Then a text file with proper file permissions is probably fine.

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