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by SAI_Peregrinus 56 days ago
Even Keepass's "encrypt in memory" option leaves that encryption key in memory, so it can auto-type or copy passphrases into form fields. It's an extra step, but not unbreakable.
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And even then the passphrase is put into form fields in plaintext, so there's *got* to be some sort of attack to grab those. They must be in memory decrypted at some point.

It always comes back round to "you can't have your cake and eat it".