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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Icecat - how to move passwords from Firefox
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Julian Marchant |
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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Icecat - how to move passwords from Firefox |
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Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:45:13 -0500 |
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On 12/31/2015 03:15 PM, Stuart T Rogers wrote:
> In addition take a look at
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/03/keepass_looter_the_password_plunderer_to_hose_pwned_sys_admins/
That could happen just as easily to passwords stored in Firefox. Once
you've unlocked the database, it's possible to retrieve the passwords
from the RAM somehow. Simply put, pretty much all security measures
are worthless if your machine is sufficiently compromised.
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