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They might have great features, but are Dashlane using the term "zero knowledge" in the accurate, historical (25+ years), cryptographic sense, a la [0]? Or are
by npongratz 9y ago
They might have great features, but are Dashlane using the term "zero knowledge" in the accurate, historical (25+ years), cryptographic sense, a la [0]? Or are they just using it in the hand-wavey slick markety sense, "We could never know your secrets; give us your money and your secrets and trust us forever."?
[0] Words mean things. They are dealing with encrypting passwords, after all, so I hope they're truthfully representing the technology behind their system:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof
Maybe even:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_password_proof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_password_proof
My money's on some corporate bullshit, however, for example:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13303436 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13303436