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		carterage on Aug 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A walkthrough the AcridRain password stealer So... fundamentally, encrypting data on the very same machine that retains the related keys, is tantamount to simply encoding the data in plaintext form without any real protection, yes?

buckminster on Aug 28, 2018 | [–]

It's slightly better than that. You can't decrypt the data when the user isn't logged in.

wiz21c on Aug 29, 2018 | [–]

bah, if one can install a password stealing program, then he can as well install a key logger. With both of those, you become virtually transparent.

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