[security flaw] Ubuntu is a plain text offender

Ioannis Vranos ioannis.vranos at gmail.com
Tue May 24 17:42:23 UTC 2011


On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
> On 5/24/2011 12:33 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> You can always keep your passwords in a text file (like an
>> OpenOffice/LibreOffice document), and back up it often, e.g. weekly.
>
> Another classic example of negligence and ignorance that will be the
> hand of compromise.

Why? If you are considered of theft, you can keep the file under encryption.




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