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Interesting, your passwords are safe even if the machine is infected for as long as you don't use them, that's good. Root access makes absolutely no difference
by lvass 4y ago
Interesting, your passwords are safe even if the machine is infected for as long as you don't use them, that's good. Root access makes absolutely no difference in that aspect though. The point is you can do very real harm without it.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoNo, but malware is much more capable of hiding from antimalware software if it obtains admin rights.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoAnd yes, it also means that only the passwords I actually use are exposed if a machine is compromised. Because each password is encrypted individually.