Lumifer comments on A pair of free information security tools I wrote - LessWrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 16 April 2015 06:11:20PM 1 point [-]

all it really takes is a lead pipe and some duct tape to "de-obscure" the password

Which is why many contemporary secure systems do not rely on permanent passwords (e.g. OTR messaging).

threat model

The usual: who is your adversary and against which threats are you trying to protect yourself?