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The desktop vault (Windows, macOS, & Linux).

12 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 4 stories, 8 comments · first 2020-09-20 · latest 2021-08-27

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  1. https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552 Downloads and execs unexamined code released by the devs, potentially backdooring your whole machine solarwinds-style. It also divulges to MSFT (GitHub admins) all the IPs of Bitwarden users…
    comment by sneak · 2021-08-27 · in The rise of user-hostile software
  2. …run in to similar developer resistance. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/4578 https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552
  3. Do you have more information on this? A link maybe? EDIT: Never mind, found it - https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552 . This isn't exactly an RCE. You can say the same about anything. By your logic Microsoft auto-updates are…
  4. Why don't you just disable the updater then? https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552#issuecomment...
  5. https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552
  6. …sensationalist posting at its finest. I can assume you are referring to... the automatic updater? https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552
  7. …Desktop apps are much worse in this regard. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/4578 https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552
  8. …grants full remote access to your computer to the Bitwarden developers if you use the desktop app. https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/552 The issue has been reported and they refuse to fix it. This bug renders the Bitwarden…
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    Security: Bitwarden Desktop app grants RCE to Bitwarden developers
    story by kenniskrag · 2020-10-12 · 0 comments
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    Security: Bitwarden Desktop app grants RCE to Bitwarden developers
    story by kenniskrag · 2020-09-21 · 0 comments
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    Bitwarden Desktop App grants Remote Code Execution on update
    story by rvz · 2020-09-20 · 0 comments
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    Bitwarden password manager grants full RCE to Bitwarden developers
    story by sneak · 2020-09-20 · 7 comments