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5 password managers to be tested in 2022
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An anonymous hacker stole 125 gigabytes of data from the popular streaming service Twitch last October: all sources, all projects, all billing data and all user logins. He published the entire package on a forum so that other data thieves could begin to decrypt the passwords – an easy task with weak passwords.
Users who used the same login combination as with Twitch for other services sometimes found that these accounts were also quickly cracked. Twitch is spectacular due to the all-encompassing amount of data, but it is by no means an isolated case.
Almost all Internet services have been victims of login thieves in their history. Reason enough for us, the current password manager under the microscope that enable secure handling of login data.
Unlike the last test, we have them criteria this time towards smart phone and browsers postponed because we assume that fewer and fewer users will be using a stationary Windows client. The only exception we left in the test field was Keepass XC, as a kind of free and solid representative of the Windows and Linux clients.
Keepass XC can also be made cloud-enabled with third-party apps. The tools from the AV manufacturers (such as ID Protection from F-Secure or True Key from McAfee) were also not included in the test, as we will soon be examining them separately.
Test procedure password manager
Play in test three criteria a role: security features, Furnishing and service. For safety include one End-to-End Encryption and secure login procedures. In addition, the programs in all variants (client, app, addon) passwords from the clipboard once again Clear.
All tested tools now also have one leak monitoringwhich reports when cracked login data has appeared in some hacker forum or on Telegram.
In the operation should in particular automated login is done smoothly. In other words, the addon or app should recognize the input of user data, pick it up and fill it in again the next time. Unfortunately, in many cases it is still a problem.
