AES 256-bit encryption is used by the US Govt and major corporations and has never been broken. I'd say that's a fairly secure basket.you worded it much better than me. Thank you.
I had to deal with the notepad ++ in my environment. Luckily only had a few machines on it and updates were disabled on the version before all heck went loose.
I think password managers are a great idea, but your also putting all of your eggs in one basket, which is not a good idea. Especially when they are encrypted with the standards from the 90's.
I'll certainly agree there. I add passkeys whenever available.For that reason, I want more adoption of passkeys than relying on passwords and other outdated security methods. Although the same could possibly happen there as well, but I think it could be a bit harder.
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