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Reminds me of that banner Facebook writes to the browser console to warn people of pasting stuff that will hand over their session to third parties. Handing over a HAR is just as bad if there is any form of session involved.

Browsers could add even more nag screens between the user and the tools, but those have zero effect once the assumption "I'm talking to a person from the hoster" is established. It's the old "put on a safety vest and a hardhat and you can walk anywhere" hack that only training can protect you from. And even with the best training, you'll never reach 100%. That's why you need many tiers of your operation is as sensitive as selling a trust store.

It's well possible that 1Password are still far from being breached thanks to tiers, but it's interesting to see even people working full-time on the conflict between authentication and convenience struggle with that balancing act.



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