That's kinda stupid. The passwords could get swapped to disk in the swap file in plaintext when memory is low by the OS.

You say this as if accessing that file was any easier than accessing memory.

mintplant 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If I have a disk image or access to the physical drive, it's trivial. This means they can no longer be considered encrypted at rest.

	▲	munk-a 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If you're on prem or able to manipulate the machine into an OS of your choosing, yes. But with purely remote access to a device the disk is pretty decently secured (even if Window's ACLs are nightmareishly convoluted).
	▲	dist-epoch 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If your computer storage is not fully encrypted you have bigger worries than the swap file.

dlcarrier 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is when the computer is off.