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One thing I like about the original KeePass is that it uses Secure Desktop API on Windows, which makes it difficult for malware/keyloggers to intercept your pas
by 323 5y ago
One thing I like about the original KeePass is that it uses Secure Desktop API on Windows, which makes it difficult for malware/keyloggers to intercept your password as you enter it if you are infected.
https://keepass.info/help/kb/sec_desk.html https://keepass.info/help/kb/sec_desk.html
I wish KeePassXC would implement this functionality on Windows. Seems there is an open issue, but KeePassXC author says this is just Windows security theater:
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3460 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3460
- riedel 5y agoI had a discussion today with the author on also on a security topic. I feel that he has a very opinionated take at usable security (nothing strictly bad about it). My problem is that probably anyone can easily extract the key of the registered browser extension. Therefore it is really important to no "remember" the choice to share the password with the browser as it is otherwise rather easy to exfiltrate it (having local access to a running machine). IMHO the security an threat models aof many password managers are only clear to the authors. It is very difficult to make informed choices as a user. I don't like that every password manager claims to have the better solution without really explaining themselves to the user in a sincere way ( including tradeoffs)