Any explanation of Why to not store passwords in plaintext and encrypt folder in zip archive (I guess U cant break pass?) Pls don’t be agressive!!

  • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
    71·
    10 months ago

    Files in archives upon being opened are temporarily extracted, which means your passwords there exist as plaintext files. If your system is secure and hardened enough against unauthorised %temp% access on Windows, probably it can work.

    • SheeEttinEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      This depends on how the decompressor is implemented. It’s certainly possible to do it all in memory.

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
        12·
        10 months ago

        I do not think the standard ZIP decompressor library used in OSes or in general purpose compression software does this. Probably much safer if using RAR.