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Madza

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How do you manage passwords?

I've tried 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane before finally settling down on Bitwarden.

What password managers have you tried and which ones would you recommend to others?

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Rogerio Taques

I've used Dashlane for a few years and moved to 1Password.

The reason I moved was, basically the UX and the (WOW!) support I got from 1P when I needed it. By the time I switched, it was so easy to get 1P in all my devices, transfer all the information from one provider to the other.

Feature-wise I'm so satisfied with 1P that I've never thought of looking for something else. Pricing-wise, yup, at a first look, it seems that 1P is overpriced, but considering the immense value it brings to my day-to-day ops and the time it saves me, I believe it worth every penny. 😉

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Ryan Collins

I was on Lastpass, but the price increases were just getting too much, so I switched to Bitwarden. The browser extension "feels" better than Lastpass's.

Back in the dark ages I used Keepass, but browser integration was a pain.

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

I did consider that as well, but I worried about,

  • Security in transferring from server to the UI / web.
  • Security in storing on the server.
  • Security on the UI layer (web browser) itself.

Therefore, it can easily be a dangerous idea.

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Ihtasham

I used Keepass for a long time hosted in my Google drive but found that it's just not very convenient (autofilling etc). So after many disappointments of trying out LastPass (my least liked PM) and some others, I ended up settling on 1password. It has excellent device support across every platform I use and just integrated very well with everything. It is expensive but the convenience it provides is worth paying for imo.

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Chris Daniels

What bothers me about both LastPass and Keeper is that they offer to save to "my device", when really they rely on a browser cookie, installed on one browser at a time. I scrub cookies on multiple browsers daily, so it's useless to me- but I'm even more bothered how misleading the "save to the device" option is. Why do they assume all customers are so clueless?

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Hoby Van Hoose

I used Keepass early on but looked for something more convenient across platforms until I found LastPass. Since then I’ve kept tabs on competitors but have so far ended up staying a paying LastPass customer in order to have the mobile syncing. I might end up using the family account as more family members need to be online in #covidlife.

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Yogesh S

I have tried both LastPass and Bitwarden
I have switched to self hosted Bitwarden

The reason I switched is because,

  • I feel self hosted is better than storing on their servers.
  • The UI/UX seems to be better on Bitwarden
  • LastPass had prior Security Breaches
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schollii • Edited

I started with keepass for almost 12 years, it is a great program and very versatile. The main reasons I eventually started looking for something else are: insufficient integration with Android (it was ok but not great) and web browsers (none), no cloud backup out of the box. I had high hopes for Lastpass and tried it for a couple of months, but its integration with Android was painful to use. When I tried 1password it was like a breath of fresh air. And I love how it makes it easy to find accounts with weak passwords, see password history, and many more. As with any type of application the details matter and it got the workflow right, and integrations are amazing.

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hasssanezzz

what about google passwords ?

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Cosmic

Which provides greatest privacy and security!?

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Daniel Ziltener

KeePass XC, and I wouldn't use any other one. It is dead-simple, has browser and desktop integration, ssh-agent integration, and OpenDesktop Secret Service. And I use KeeShare to have shared password folders with my coworkers.

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Timur Iskakov

I'm using PassWork.

It's very comfortable to manage passwords in cloud and have an ability to share some passwords to anyone. And it's safe couse PassWork uses strong encryption.

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Juan F Gonzalez

I've been using LastPass for 3 years already. Everything I need is there.

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d033y2yk

I use RoboForm and I'm satisfied.

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Mansour Benyoucef ☕

LastPass is my saver for not