[Cialug] Password vaults

[Scott Yates]

As I understand it, the web page does not query anything.  The lastpass
plugin does all that work.

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:

> Hmm.  I can see why people would like that, but I will also point out that
> if a web page can query your password manager for you, so can any malware
> that has gotten into that page.
>
> Yes, it's more steps to use the "auto type" feature in KeePass, but I know
> it's a lot harder for browser-based malware to query an entirely different
> app.
>
> -Josh
>
> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:09 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 21 May 2017, Josh More wrote:
> >
> > > Why do you need a plugin? What does that get you?
> > >
> > Ahh, .. most usage is in a browser, so it does the fill-in automatically.
> >
> >         Lee
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