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Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?
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#22I'm using Vault (vaultapp.xyz). It's open-source, simple and free and meets all my needs. Disclaimer: I'm a developer for Vault.
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#231Password. I never used to like using password managers and 1password has changed that. Mobile app and web integration are both done well. With the ability to share vaults and keeps things separate and orderly.
I'm a fan of 1Password and use it on desktop (mac/win) and mobile (ios/Android), mandate it for some of our employees, and recommend it to family and friends. I am however not a fan of their push into to 1Password for clouds/teams/families/whatever. I demoed it and thought it was a vastly increased cost for marginal additional functionality compared to buying licenses. Worse is they appear to be devoting resources to the 'cloud' product while features of the stand alone software are put on the back burner. Could be a great business move from them. Who doesn't love MRR? (Well, besides customers). I still use and recommend it when the opportunity arises, but their new direction worries me.
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#24LastPass, and I pay for it. Does the job, but the chrome plugin seems sluggish sometimes. Happy customer.
LastPass is the last thing you should use. It got hacked in 2015 and 2016: http://lifehacker.com/lastpass-hacked-time-to-change-your-ma... https://www.hackread.com/lastpass-hacked-this-time-for-good/
There are mitigations and best practices for using any password manager, including Lastpass. I don't think any of them are immune from attack.
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#25I have used Dashlane since the beta days, it works well. It is closed source, yet works well, the paid version ($40/year) syncs between devices while the free version is one device only. There are apps for Android, iOS, Mac, and PC. Features include autofill on websites and receipt logging when using credit cards. Their site says they decrypt and encrypt locally only, using an unrecoverable master password.
I love Dashlane!
I've been there since Beta, too, and it's in the highest price tier for password managers, but it's often lauded as having the best user experience on desktop & mobile, and one of the simplest managers for even non-technical people. The local decryption also makes it uniquely secure and less susceptible to attacks like the LastPass attack in 2015.
Great product and happy to support the Dashlane team! You can store passwords, secure notes, payment methods, and even IDs like passport or driver's license numbers, with great autofill support.
Before Dashlane, I used a KeePass database that I synced with Dropbox, so I could access it on macOS or iOS, but the clients varied in quality, and when I switched to Dashlane, the experience was fantastic with autofill available on both macOS and iOS.
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#261Password. I never used to like using password managers and 1password has changed that. Mobile app and web integration are both done well. With the ability to share vaults and keeps things separate and orderly.
I don't know how I "managed" without 1password. 1password saves me time every single day and greatly improves security as each login uses a unique and highly secure password. Finally use their iOS app for retrieving your passwords on the go.
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#27I use Enpass and have been happy with it.
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#28I use Zoho Vault free plan. Very much happy with it.
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#29LastPass, and I pay for it. Does the job, but the chrome plugin seems sluggish sometimes. Happy customer.
LastPass is the last thing you should use. It got hacked in 2015 and 2016: http://lifehacker.com/lastpass-hacked-time-to-change-your-ma... https://www.hackread.com/lastpass-hacked-this-time-for-good/
For clarity's sake, they were hacked once and in separate instances had vulnerabilities reported to them by security researchers, which were then fixed.
I don't know if it's more or less secure than other password managers, but it certainly isn't the last thing you should be using.
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#30keepassx