Password Managers Have a Security Flaw. But You Should Still Use One (washingtonpost.com)

3 points by uger 7y ago ↗ HN

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>your choices are: reusing passwords or trusting a password manager

Nope (closes browser tab).

ggm 7y ago ↗

Or writing them down on a piece of paper like we all did with otp lists

The original security report is here:

The flaw in question is, most of them keep the master password in memory longer than necessary without trying to mask or sanitize it.