Which password manager to use?
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They are closed source, but their white papers are very good
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Correct me if I'm wrong: if something happens to your vaultwarden instance, aren't you at risk of losing everything? I do use bitwarden, but I could never self host it. Too important. ID rather use keepass with syncthing so that more than one of my devices have my passwords
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This is the way.
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Most here won’t like this answer. 1Password.
I’ve used it for years and it just works well for me. Finally convinced my spouse to also use it a couple of years ago. Switching is not an option since it took years of convincing to make that happen.
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Keepersecurity is supposedly zero trust and was recommended by cybersec professionals at work but havent seen it here.
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1Password is the only one I found that I can share with the family, syncs changes practically instantly, and actually detects login fields on every platform I use it on (Android, Windows, Linux).
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I also self host Vault Warden.
I have my vault automatically exported to Google Drive as an encrypted copy. So worst case I can download from there, and import it to a new password manager or another Bitwarden instance if my server borks. -
I've been using Bitwarden for years now. Their free tier is amazing, they're rarely down, and it's open source with extensions and apps for every platform.
I tried Proton Pass for a minute while Bitwarden was offline, but quickly ran back to Bitwarden. Proton's extension kept logging out for some reason. I didn't care enough to troubleshoot it.
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Have been using it for 2+ years with 3 devices, no problem
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Since I started using a password manager, I've basically forgoten every one of my other passwords. I wouldn't be able to log in to my drive
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Same here. But the bitwarden apps have a local copy of the vault. So you can always prevent them from syncing and use it to get the password. Assuming you have your phone still.
You can always have an offsite copy of the vault on a HDD somewhere. It'll be outdated, but at least it'll have the Google account.
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Maybe. Why do you self host it? I'm not saying there are no benefits. I just think it's not worth it
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Bitwarden has features I wanted and was better than the browser password manager I used previously.
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That's what backups are for. No matter what solution I use, I would need backups. I used to use LastPass, but that just relied on LastPass to do the backups. I backup the database, but you can also periodically export the data and back that up somewhere securely on your own if you want it in a different format.
