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by jurf 43 days ago
Yeah because Meltdown and Spectre [0] weren't a thing.

[0] https://spectreattack.com/

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If passwords are fetched remotely on-demand, you steal the account API key from memory. If they're encrypted, you steal the master password or decryption key. ... So what's your solution?
I think it’s more about layers of defense being always better than relying on a single point of failure.

IIRC those bugs could only steal data, not do remote execution. If you did not store even the encrypted passwords in memory, getting the password/key to them compromised would still keep you safe, or at least upgrade it to a timing attack.