Re: Passwords stored by Firefox

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On 02/15/2015 10:16 PM, Tim wrote:
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> Well if you use a crappy encryption technique, it doesn't matter how 
> good your password is, if you have a technique to be able to reverse 
> engineer it (which is entirely different from just throwing passwords
> at some remote service which only gives you a pass/fail result 
> interface).

in web search, i did get a lot of hits that offered cracking password
if encryption was sent to them. but i did not see need when Austrumi
was described as being able to crack password.

> Windows was well known for poor security, especially back then.  And 
> that is just one reason why you don't use the same password in
> multiple places.

i never do.

> There are plenty of things with bad encryption, or the program that 
> controls it can be subverted.

with out debate. ;-)


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