How bad is Idea of .Zip as password manager? (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by itsaj26744@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Any explanation of Why to not store passwords in plaintext and encrypt folder in zip archive (I guess U cant break pass?) Pls don't be agressive!!

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[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I used to get some documents sent in a password encrypted zip file, they regularly messed up the password, so i ended up just brute forcing them when i received them since it was easier and faster (usually like 15 seconds)

Not very relevant here since i knew roughly the length of the password and it was quite short, but i thought it was pretty funny

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