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Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users. (www.forbes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a primitive password manager, primitive because unencrypted and not integrated into your devices, but far better than not having a password manager.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Assuming the laptop is running bitlocker (often on by default), has a user password, and is offline, that's pretty decent.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Notebook refers to a paper notebook. Not a laptop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And in which world is bitlocker on by default? Nope.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A world where we all go insane from explaining "we can't just 'hack' your bitlocker key" over and over to every older relative we have...