Sensitive Data In Memory

Question

I\'m working on a Java password manager and I currently have all of the user\'s data, after being decrypted from a file, sitting around in memory at all times and stored pla

Answer 1

It is worth noting that the OS might decide to swap memory to disk, where it might remain for quite a while. Of course, reading the swap file requires strong priviledges, but who knows? The user's laptop might get stolen ...