← Back to context Comment by nathanmills 14 hours ago Why are browser extensions not sane in your opinion? 3 comments nathanmills Reply akimbostrawman 9 hours ago Browser password manager extensions are like putting a dog door on your reinforced vault door. Giant increase in attack surface. Capricorn2481 4 minutes ago Well we're in a thread about the CLI being compromised. I've never heard of a sandboxed browser extension being compromised. neobrain 4 hours ago Quite the contrary, actually: not using a browser extension makes you much more susceptible to phishing attacks, since your password manager won't be able to protect you from copy-pasting credentials into an imposter website.
akimbostrawman 9 hours ago Browser password manager extensions are like putting a dog door on your reinforced vault door. Giant increase in attack surface. Capricorn2481 4 minutes ago Well we're in a thread about the CLI being compromised. I've never heard of a sandboxed browser extension being compromised. neobrain 4 hours ago Quite the contrary, actually: not using a browser extension makes you much more susceptible to phishing attacks, since your password manager won't be able to protect you from copy-pasting credentials into an imposter website.
Capricorn2481 4 minutes ago Well we're in a thread about the CLI being compromised. I've never heard of a sandboxed browser extension being compromised.
neobrain 4 hours ago Quite the contrary, actually: not using a browser extension makes you much more susceptible to phishing attacks, since your password manager won't be able to protect you from copy-pasting credentials into an imposter website.
Browser password manager extensions are like putting a dog door on your reinforced vault door. Giant increase in attack surface.
Well we're in a thread about the CLI being compromised. I've never heard of a sandboxed browser extension being compromised.
Quite the contrary, actually: not using a browser extension makes you much more susceptible to phishing attacks, since your password manager won't be able to protect you from copy-pasting credentials into an imposter website.