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Big problem is that if you have a break in you don't know if the theif was tech savvy or not, and you should assume your passwords are compromised.
by kybernetikos 6y ago
Big problem is that if you have a break in you don't know if the theif was tech savvy or not, and you should assume your passwords are compromised.
- PeterisP 6y agoBreak ins are rare (I mean, most people will never have one in their lives); and if your threat model assumes have a tech-savvy thief then all your accounts should be considered compromised anyway since it's likely that some of the stolen devices will include some access tokens/cookies that could grant access to some accounts which then can be escalated to e.g. reset passwords to other accounts.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoAlso, with a break-in you're likely to know - with a computer file you're less likely to know it's compromised.