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research
2 stories about research—and the choices behind the technology we make.
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Infostealers took 1.7 billion credentials from 7.4 million machines in six months. No password manager stops malware already running as you — but where your vault lives decides how much one infection is worth, and whether someone else's bad year can add to it.
What “zero-knowledge encryption” actually promises
Zero-knowledge encryption is a promise about one opponent: the company holding your vault. Four cryptographers spent a year testing whether four password managers were keeping it.