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Phlarp
on June 29, 2016
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Ebay posts every character a user types into the p...
Is this another point in the bucket for password managers? Harder to leak any timing related information when a browser plugin auto-fills the form...
joelg236
on June 29, 2016
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Yes, a password manager likely negates this kind of attack. Although the timing info likely gives away that you're using the auto-fill (which isn't useful, just interesting)
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