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posted by cmn32480 on Monday June 06 2016, @02:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-gotta-be-kidding dept.

An engadget story has the following to say about KeePass2 and developer Dominik Reichl:

Think it's bad when companies take their time fixing security vulnerabilities? Imagine what happens when they avoid fixing those holes in the name of a little cash. KeePass 2 developer Dominik Reichl has declined to patch a flaw in the password manager's update check as the "indirect costs" of the upgrade (which would encrypt web traffic) are too high -- namely, it'd lose ad revenue. Yes, the implication is that profit is more important than protecting users.


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  • (Score: 1) by I Like Perl on Monday June 06 2016, @09:52PM

    by I Like Perl (6251) on Monday June 06 2016, @09:52PM (#356135)

    The KeePass users were never vulnerable to begin with.