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FatedMoody t1_j85zcsf wrote

Reply to comment by spsteve in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet

Hey already replied first time without attitude even though you called my arguments bad without even understanding how LastPass works. Do you now see how LastPass going bankrupt or offline isn’t that big a deal as opposed to losing a piece of paper with all your passwords and no backup?

Now as for your follow up question. Yes if you updated a bunch of passwords at your office and LastPass goes down other devices won’t get the updates. However this shouldn’t be that big an issue since the work computer should have those changes you made locally

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ActiveTeam t1_j85y6p5 wrote

Reply to comment by VoidAndOcean in Scientists Made a Mind-Bending Discovery About How AI Actually Works | "The concept is easier to understand if you imagine it as a Matryoshka-esque computer-inside-a-computer scenario." by Tao_Dragon

We know exactly how a single neuron activates and how it works. We also know the more densely packed the neurons are, it usually means the smarter the blob of neurons is. Does that mean we don’t need to study anything about the mind?

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spsteve t1_j85xrlg wrote

Reply to comment by FatedMoody in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet

I have used it. I have never tried to use it in an offline state. I asked a question. Forgive me for asking a question. So sorry I don't know everything like you obviously do.

Edit: but since you are so knowledgeable, let's say I updated a bunch of passwords on my office device and haven't used last pass at home for a few days. When does last pass sync its database to "every device" as you said.

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ecksfiftyone t1_j85xkhj wrote

Reply to comment by rastilin in Millions of passwords stolen from LastPass earlier than company disclosed: Report by BasedSweet

Because you're missing the whole point. Password managers are there so you can generate a password like G&li/PdsZH-)73m?Df78:+pJS*(9dD79. You don't have to remember it and the password manager "should" be secure and encrypted. The Password manager will auto fill in the password across your devices so you don't need to dig out your notebook and type that thing in. You also wouldn't be able to log into your bank account app, or other apps or websites from your phone if your password isn't saved unless you always carry that paper with you.

Then, there is the sharing part. I share passwords for sites with members of my family. I have to share thousands of passwords with members of my team at work. A shared vault that's encrypted and secure works great for that.

Paper is great for my mother. 1 computer in her house, doesn't use her smartphone for anything smart. Wouldn't need those passwords away from home. Doesn't need to share. She actually uses an address book with the little alphabetical tabs. If she needs her google password, she flips to G.

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VoidAndOcean t1_j85wvcw wrote

Reply to comment by ActiveTeam in Scientists Made a Mind-Bending Discovery About How AI Actually Works | "The concept is easier to understand if you imagine it as a Matryoshka-esque computer-inside-a-computer scenario." by Tao_Dragon

There is no logic. We knew how it worked by design. Its capability was going to grow exponentially because matrices by definition grow exponentially. It's the same basic logic that drives a 10x10 matrix that runs an n*n matrix.

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