Security

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NSA Prism 1Password Security
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jun 7, 2013
It should come as no surprise that the NSA (United States National Security Agency) has easy access …
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1Password hashcat strong master passwords
by Jeffrey Goldberg Mar 16, 2013
You may have heard some news going around about hashcat, a password cracking tool, that recently …
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Why we moved to 256-bit AES keys
by Jeffrey Goldberg Mar 9, 2013
Why 1Password moved to using 256-bit AES keys instead of 128-bit keys.
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You have secrets; we don’t, why our data format is public
by Jeffrey Goldberg Mar 6, 2013
The security of your 1Password data depends on only one secret—your Master Password. It also depends …
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Authenticated Encryption and how not to get caught chasing a coyote
by Jeffrey Goldberg Jan 18, 2013
I introduced HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) through the back door when talking about …
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Doing the two-step until the end of time
by Jeffrey Goldberg Dec 20, 2012
In my discussion of Dropbox’s new two-step authentication, I skimped on the cryptography. Because we …
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