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Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired (arstechnica.com)
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A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.

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[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 months ago

If you can autofill passwords without authenticating in some way, they are probably either stored in plaintext, or encrypted with a key that is stored in plaintext. Cause, like, how is it supposed to magically encrypt it.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

That's how computers work, dummy. Magic.

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