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People have to start assuming that any communication method in use is compromised. There’s just no way on earth orgs like the NSA would throw their hands up in
by kjkjadksj 2y ago
People have to start assuming that any communication method in use is compromised. There’s just no way on earth orgs like the NSA would throw their hands up in the air and not find multiple different avenues into an app like signal. Its one of the most downloaded messaging apps. Investment into compromising it is very worth while. People should just assume everything involving a cell phone or computer is inherently insecure. Meanwhile for some analog methods (one time pads, even cupping a hand and whispering into anothers ear, etc), the power balance isn’t so lopsided between the state and the individual as it is with digital communications where everything is probably compromised in some way by now.
- eastbound 2y agoPassword managers are such a high target that I wonder how we’ve convinced people to put all their passwords in the same software.
- aucisson_masque 2y agoBack to using the same password everywhere then. Bitwarden is already a big step up from what most people are doing, then if you want to hide from gouvernement you better make sure you save your password on extremely secured device. But that's another treat level from the average Joe.
- dghlsakjg 2y agoDepends on your threats. I’m more worried about financial scams than I am anything related to government. Password managers with random passwords are an excellent guard against that threat. If I were worried about state actor threats, any keys or passwords would be memorized.
- saagarjha 2y agoI'm not sure that would be a good idea. Do you, personally, want to be the weak link in the chain to something a nation state wants?
- dghlsakjg 2y agoWhether I know the password, or I know how to access the password via a password manager, I am still the weak link. The point is that a password manager is an additional weak link in the chain.
- Melatonic 2y agoKeePass has been around for ages for free.... surprised cloud solutions are so popular
- dirtysanchez 2y ago[dead]
- southernplaces7 2y agoA great number of comments and posts on this site rave in favor of password managers and their use for "security" and convenience, despite what you say being such a very obvious flaw.
- WeylandYutani 2y agoWell no Chinese should be using software that involved Americans. That is just common sense. When the chips are down everyone gets drafted by their country's security apparatus.