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Better Master Passwords: The geek edition
by Jeffrey Goldberg Aug 10, 2011
I’ve always wanted to write a technical followup to an earlier post, Toward Better Master Passwords, but this time going into some of the math behind it. Today’s xkcd comic does that for me:
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SECURITY
JavaScript grows up and plays in a sandbox
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jul 15, 2011
About 12 years ago I was fighting a losing campaign against JavaScript’s ubiquity. There was a time when JavaScript was a security nightmare, and I ranted and raved against it. Things have changed enormously since then, all for the better. A few of the slogans that I and my colleagues shouted from the rooftops in the previous millennium seem to …
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SECURITY
Dropbox Terms
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jul 2, 2011
When in the course of network events rumors start flying about Dropbox a decent respect for the concerns of 1Password users compels me to blog about it.
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TIPS & ADVICE
SECURITY
Two thirds of web users re-use the same passwords
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jun 7, 2011
I may never get tired of talking about password reuse (using the same password on different sites), but you may get tired of hearing me go on about this. So I will keep this post short.
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SECURITY
Dropbox security revisited: Plus ca change
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 17, 2011
Dropbox and 1Password are just awesome together. So when questions arise about Dropbox security we pay very close attention to what it means for our users. We owe it to ourselves and to our users to examine these and adapt and modify our recommendations accordingly.
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Defending against crackers: Peanut Butter Keeps Dogs Friendly, Too
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 5, 2011
What happens if someone gets hold of your encrypted 1Password data? What would it take to “crack” it? From the beginning, we’ve designed the 1Password data format with the knowledge that some people would have their computers stolen. I want to briefly talk about one of those design elements: PBKDF2.
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