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lmns | 3 years ago

>When an attacker gains a foothold in a corporate environment, they will immediately try to find any accessible credentials to assist in lateral movement.

So you think this isn't the case with home users? Maybe I still misunderstand the point that is being made here, but from my perspective it's only a matter of time until my encrypted password store gets exposed to the local attacker (as soon as I unlock it).

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MattPalmer1086|3 years ago

I didn't say it wasn't a problem for home users. I said that the browser security model works OK for home users who aren't at all bothered by security unless it gets in their way, in which case they will switch to a product that doesn't. It's poor security but probably the best we can do by default.

So that default browser behaviour creates a risk that a business should acknowledge and assess.

A home user can of course also decide it's too risky, or that password managers are too risky and only a yubikey will do.