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AI Sonnet Wins, Password Managers Under Fire, VMware Shrinks

Password managers, relied upon by millions to safeguard sensitive data, are facing increased scrutiny as research reveals potential vulnerabilities that could compromise their security. According to multiple sources, including Ars Technica, claims of "zero knowledge" security by popular password managers like Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass may be overstated, particularly when account recovery or sharing features are enabled.

The widespread adoption of password managers, with an estimated 36% of US adults utilizing them, has made them a prime target for security analysis. The research, drawing from multiple news sources, highlights that despite the promise of impenetrable encryption, vulnerabilities exist that could allow unauthorized access to user data. This challenges the security assurances provided by these services.

The findings raise concerns about the actual security posture of these widely used tools. The focus of the research appears to be on features like account recovery and shared vaults, which may introduce weaknesses that undermine the core "zero knowledge" principle.

In other news, Asahi Linux is celebrating its fifth anniversary. According to Hacker News, the project has evolved from a simple "Hello World" over a serial port to one of the best-supported desktop-grade AArch64 platforms in the Linux ecosystem. The sustained interest in Asahi was the push many developers needed to start taking AArch64 seriously, with a whole slew of platform-specific bugs in popular software being fixed specifically to enable their use on Apple Silicon devices running Linux.

Additionally, a blog post on Hacker News detailed the work of Christian Hofstede-Kuhn (Larvitz) on integrating FreeBSD 15 with FreeIPA, enabling native Kerberos and LDAP authentication. The author of the blog post, who is maintaining their own documentation, stated they wanted to "keep and maintain personal version with more code snippets that I can copypaste fast."

Finally, other news includes GameSir developing a Windows emulation tool for macOS, and the U.S. Air Force repainting Air Force One, according to Hacker News. The text also discusses the limitations of base16 themes in terminals and proposes generating a 256-color palette from existing base16 colors to overcome these limitations, enhancing color range without added complexity.

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