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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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Rafi Panoyan • Edited

KeePass with manual sync through OneDrive.
It can be a bit tedious to manage multiple clients but... No fees, no cloud (no extra cloud besides OneDrive that I already have), I'm satisfied for the moment

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

I have had problems with that syncing is not instantaneous.

What KeePass client on mobile do you use? What about the desktop?

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Rafi Panoyan

Windows : official keepass app
Linux / MacOS : KeePassXC
Android : KeePassDX

Syncing on Android is kind of automatic ssince the default file opened by KeePassDX is the OneDrive file directly

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt • Edited

I also used

However, I have had problem with KeePassDX (which was in beta) for

  • Google Drive unreachable
  • Even if it is reachable, I cannot force sync

So, I moved to BitWarden, which although syncing is not instantaneous, I can always force sync.

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JΓ©rΓ©my JAMET

If you are using a beta version KeePassDX app, it is an outdated one. It's normal that it doesn't work well with Google Drive. I recommend just updating it. Linked to github.com/Kunzisoft/KeePassDX/iss...

The merge of data for saving from two places at the same time is still to be studied but will happen soon. ;)

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Peyton McGinnis

I use KeePass as well, with a USB drive that sits in my keyring containing the keyfile. A lovely piece of software.

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Jeppe Reinhold

I've used 1Password for many years, and are very happy with it.
What made you settle on Bitwarden?

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Madza

Mainly due to it being open source and the active community support that comes with it :) Also I like the UI the best, it's pretty clean and intuitive! :)

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Jeppe Reinhold

Sounds nice, I'm interested!
Can you tell more about the community, what does it bring?
And does it have nice shortcuts to paste passwords into apps, browsers?

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Madza • Edited

Their open source is a great starting point to explore the community involved, planned features, PRs, etc.. When it comes to settings, Bitwarden is pretty customizable, for example, you can unlock the vault with PIN, use 2-step login, manage passwords across folders, etc..

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Iceman44

I have been using macOS since 09 so I used Keychain access but I also use Firefox so at the moment I am just using the Firefox Lockwise.

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Itachi Uchiha

I'm using LastPass and I really love it :) I don't have to remember passwords. I don't even know passwords. I just click fill button :)

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Bad Practice

1Password has been my main squeeze. Syncing new devices with QR or iCloud is heaven. Having everything generated with their own 2FA, watchtower, etc. I can't live without this platform.

It's not even just the main 1Password itself but 1Password X. Autofilling both username/password AND the 2FA code saves so much time. I trust their encryption and transparency for security as well. I feel like they're more socially attached to developers than their competitors. Oh, UI, can't forget UI.

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Meir Gabay

I totally agree, I'm also using 1Password (paid version) and it's totally worth it

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Shubham Verma

Bitwarden - free, opensource, gets the job done

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DΔ΅ ΞΞΉΞ“ΞžΞ—Ξ›ΟˆΞš

+1 for bitawarden. been with 1password for over 10 years but switched to bitawarden due to lower cost. if you don't require totp code generation, cost can be zero. have to admit though, BW is not as polished as 1P, but it seems to be improving slowly but surely.

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Madza

With all the others I felt insecure the price plans could change at any moment and I would need to start to pay for the features I was using for free :)

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Pacharapol Withayasakpunt

Currently, BitWarden.

It has the feature I wanted -- passphrase; which focuses on lengthy and readable passwords, rather than symbols and randomness of characters.

Passphrase generator

Actually, KeePassXC also has this passphrase generator as well.

Another feature I need, is reliable syncing. BitWarden also satisfied that.

Even though BitWarden clients on all platforms are open source, I have never gone as far as modding them, though.

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Andrew Baisden

I use LastPass it just works and does what I need it to do. Its free and they have apps as well. If cost was not an issue I might have gone with 1Password they always seem to get high praise.

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Jean Michel Functional Programming • Edited

I'm currently using the Rust implementation of Bitwarden : bitwarden-rs on my own server.

I also have 2FA everywhere with a Ubikey and recovery codes printed in plain text in hidden place @home

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Elia

I'm in love with Lastpass, probably this is the fourth year with them.
I love it because i can store all my password and it help me with auto complete and NOTHING random ads for upgrade my plane.

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Bento

I'm in love with Bitwardy which is just perfect for me. But I recently heard about LessPass who could be the next big thing... I'm not sure, but I will give it a try someday ✌️

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lucbark

Enpass

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Juan Vasquez

I have been using the free version of bitwarden for a year it's all I searched for, one day I'm going to pay the pro version which by the way it's not expensive.

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riidom

Pencil and paper, actually, for a complete list. For daily usage on my desktop computer, I just trust Vivaldi's password management.