@glyph can you explain what that means please. if your master password is strong (=long) is it really crackable?
3. Your passwords are now almost certainly crackable, particularly if you've had an account for a long time. It looks like LastPass has never upgraded the difficulty factor on their KDF, which is very bad. But "crackable" is not the same as "cracked". It is eminently possible to crack a password in a couple of days, but *each* password is going to take at least a few hours on some very high-end hardware; attackers will need to be motivated.
2. You are still in a way better position, having used a password manager, then you would have been if you just reused passwords or used some predictable scheme for them. This is NOT some kind of proof that password managers (even cloud password managers) are inherently a bad idea. The alternatives are worse.
While you should stop using LastPass in favor of better password manager soon, I think it's important to keep a few things in perspective:
1. This isn't your fault. LastPass fucked up. It was reasonable to trust them, and they betrayed your trust. (Infosec folks: Do not shame people for not knowing this. If we knew and they didn't, that's on us. We should have communicated this better.)
@dynode that's an amazing video. thanks for sharing.
More than 35 years ago #CarlSagan made this statement before US Congress on #ClimateChange. Apart from some details it remains accurate. CO2 and other #GreenhouseGasses are still emitted on a large scale because #FossilFuels remain in widespread use.
Sagan mentions both #renewables and #fission based #NuclearPower as ways to reduce emissions and delay/stop climate change. I think he knew what he was talking about.
The writers are overdoing it again.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/23/elon-musk-orders-twitter-to-remove-suicide-prevention-feature
Florence + the Machine - Jenny of Oldstones
This song is the best thing about the final season of the Game of Thrones.
@dmitri by yet you mean never. Scholz made it clear supplying Leopards is an absolute red line for him. He doesn't have one for Russia but has for Ukraine.
Wow controversial Elon Musk reporter @rmac18 has finally come crawling on to Mastodon. Would be a shame if he got more followers than Elon!! 1 RT = 1 support of Ryan Mac
@dmitri do you agree with this assessment?
This is total #bullshit 😡
A #reviewPanel is upholding a #fine against the #TransMountain #pipeline for #violations that resulted in disturbing #bird nests.
But the #CanadaEnergy #Regulator is dramatically #slashing the amount of the #penalty from $88,000 in the original ruling to $4,000.
#GovernmentCorruption #GreedKills #BritishColumbia #Canada #Canada #CorporateGreed #Ecocide #PNW #DefundTMX #StopTMX #StopTMX #Environment #ClimateChange #KillTheDrill #BCOilAndGas
ultrasound was negative and I am back home. 7 hours in the ER and I was told by the staff that today was a light day by their usual standards. Do not recommend the experience. Stay safe and healthy, people.
If you haven't yet, please check out my list of people to follow on Mathstodon. Some are famous, but most are just people who consistently say interesting stuff. For example:
In the early days of the internet we communicated on "usenet newsgroups". I met Matt McIrvin (@mattmcirvin) on the newsgroup sci.physics. We've been communicating on and off ever since!
Check out his post on zeros of the Riemann zeta function:
Finally saw a doctor. Now have to wait for ultrasound. Will be interesting to see how long that takes.
I have been waiting in a “fast track” examination room for 2 hours despite the ER being fairly empty. Wonder what the slow track is like here.
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