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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.com/support/browser-passwords-crypto/en/llms.txt

# Types of threats prevented by the password manager

Yandex Browser's password manager uses technical methods of protection to provide secure storage and synchronization of passwords.

**Threats prevented by the password manager**
:   - Theft of passwords as the result of hacking on the user's device.
    - Theft of passwords as the result of hacking on Yandex servers.
    - Theft of passwords when transmitting them over the network during [synchronization](https://yandex.com/support/browser/device/sync.html).
    - Attempts to spy on passwords in the browser if the owner is absent and didn't lock the computer.
    - Attempts to log in on sites using saved passwords if the owner is absent and didn't lock the computer.
    - Phishing (the password manager does not accept visual imitations and will not insert the user's credentials in a login form on a phishing site).

**Threats that the password manager does not protect against**
:   - Social or psychological influence
    - [Keystroke logging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging)
    - [Acoustic cryptanalysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_cryptanalysis)
    - [Side-channel attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack)
    - [TEMPEST attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename))