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Out of curiosity, would a key logger be able to capture of the contents of a cut and paste? I currently use 13 character randomly generated passwords and, usually, I don't type them in manually.


If you're storing them in plain text, then they can grab them regardless.

If you're storing them in lastpass, then they can grab them regardless.

If you're storing it in an encrypted partition, then they can grab them regardless.

Once somebody has access, it's game over.


A hardware keylogger, sitting between keyboard and machine? No.

A software trojan, that can capture keystrokes, mouse movements, selected text, screenshots... Most certainly yes. :(




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