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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] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely, Keepass is a great alternative to cloud managed password managers.

You are also vulnerable to keyloggers or clipboard captures

Keepass (and most password managers) are vulnerable to this as well.

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

True, but KeePass has some countermeasures, like wiping the clipboard after some time, sending the password directly to a browser extension, or entering the master password on a "secure desktop" (technically not all that secure, but more secure than the lack of it).

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

Keepass (and most password managers) are vulnerable to this as well.

Not if you use the browser extension

Plus it does automatically clear the clipboard after a short time which isn't perfect but it's still an improvement over using a text file