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by taviso 743 days ago
I dunno, I think Debian are being wise here.

A while ago KeePassXC published a glowing audit report, but the report just ignored the scary stuff -- i.e. the things being disabled here like browser integration. I took a quick look, and thought the design could use some work -- but when I tried to discuss it they were very dismissive.

I did file a bug for one of the vulnerabilities we discussed, but I don't think they changed anything and didn't seem interested.

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This also disabled features which increased security like the browser plugin. The browser plugin increases the attack surface by adding more code but at the same does a lot for security by making sure to check domain names and avoid using the quite vulnerable X clipboard.

With the argument of the maintainer he might as well delete the package since without any functionality nothing can be exploited.

Never used browser or clipboard

I always thought keepass key feature was the 'Global Auto-Type' that works in most applications