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Comment by elliottkember

You're right, locking the operating system will secure it. But people aren't doing that. And people lend their computers to friends sometimes. It happens. I think the actual situation is that you don't understand how people are using computers, and how people expect them to behave - which is very important.

Your software allows me to open up one application and see all passwords. It's likely the single most-used application, and the easiest attack vector on the machine. If I wanted your password, I'd try Chrome first. It's very widely-used, and therefore a huge vector. That is the problem here.

Either change it, or better communicate the need to lock your system. Because to an average user on the street, this is a scary thing to be able to do so easily.

Is there a public point of contact that I can speak to about this?

parent elliottkember 13 years ago

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