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dijityesterday at 5:31 PM3 repliesview on HN

If you use your key every day you tend not to forget it.

If I as an admin give you your key: it is “leaked” effectively.


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john_strinlaiyesterday at 5:33 PM

>If you use your key every day you tend not to forget it.

hoping users don’t forget their password is a very weak policy.

specifically, the policy and admin points you brought up above, how does veracrypt solve them?

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technionyesterday at 11:44 PM

Our helpdesk deals with 2-300 users per day that logon every single day yet forgot their password.

This type of thinking doesn't work in large enough orgs dealing with end users.

dcrazyyesterday at 5:38 PM

Have you never gone on vacation and forgotten your daily-use password upon return?

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