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That's a common criticism of any stateless system, like the Master Password algorithm. I made https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass https://github.com/myfreewe
by floatboth 9y ago
That's a common criticism of any stateless system, like the Master Password algorithm.
I made https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass which is based on that algorithm but also generates keys, not just passwords — Ed25519 keys for SSH, signify, and I wanted to add SQRL but haven't got around to that yet.
Some people like to say that "omg if your master password gets stolen with this, that's it, but with a classic file-based password manager they also have to steal the database file". However…
If the stealing happens via keylogger malware, THAT MALWARE CAN ALSO STEAL THE DB FILE, for fuck's sake.
If the stealing happens via someone looking over your shoulder / recording how you enter the password with a surveillance camera, they also have to know your "full name" which can be whatever string you want, it's stored on your device and isn't visible when entering the password.