Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#1

Post by ryanmccullagh » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 12:14 AM UTC

New to this space...I have too many passwords to manage, and I'm no longer comfortable using the same password for multiple services.

I know in order to sync my set of passwords, they'll have to be stored centrally on another entity's server. Is this the usual case? Are these passwords going to be decrypted on the client only?

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#2

Post by richbhanover » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 12:34 AM UTC

I use Password Wallet (http://www.selznick.com/). It's not sexy, but has decent web browser integration, and it has never failed for me. (More specifically, it does a couple things well, not trying to do everything for everyone.)

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#3

Post by davismwfl » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 12:39 AM UTC

1Password. 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.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#4

Post by ryanmccullagh » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 12:49 AM UTC

davismwfl wrote: post #3

1Password. 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.

Do you actually pay for the service?

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#5

Post by sheraz » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 1:02 AM UTC

LastPass, and I pay for it. Does the job, but the chrome plugin seems sluggish sometimes.

Happy customer.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#6

Post by imaginenore » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 1:04 AM UTC

sheraz wrote: post #5

LastPass, 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/

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#7

Post by imaginenore » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 1:07 AM UTC

KeePass for the important things - anything that involves money, directly or indirectly - email, banking, amazon, ebay, bitcoins.

1Password for everything else.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#8

Post by davismwfl » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 1:36 AM UTC

ryanmccullagh wrote: post #4

davismwfl wrote: post #3

1Password. 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.

Do you actually pay for the service?

I bought the mobile app and the license for my Mac. I don't use their cloud service and when I sync my mobile it is via the local wifi to my Mac and I don't use any cloud options like Dropbox or iCloud etc.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#9

Post by brandon272 » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 2:01 AM UTC

The small team I am on uses 1Password for Teams and it works brilliantly.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

#10

Post by pcr0 » Mon, Jan 02, 2017, 2:25 AM UTC

sheraz wrote: post #5

LastPass, and I pay for it. Does the job, but the chrome plugin seems sluggish sometimes. Happy customer.

Another happy customer here.

Notable features that I like: automatic password changes, security challenge (warns me about weak/previously used passwords), primarily web-based (works equally well on Linux).