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Agreed on use of keepassxc - fantastic utility. I don't, and wouldn't, use dropbox or any other non-free non-self-hosted system to manage the storage or synchronisation of my secure data, so it's unison(rsync) and/or ssh'd between desktop and laptop.
If only there's a way to do that with my iPhone :(
Ask HN: What is your password management solution?
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#42https://www.lastpass.com Free to use, auto password generation, has an iOS app with thumb print unlock (saves you from typing in a long master password). I personally really enjoy it.
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#46https://www.lastpass.com Free to use, auto password generation, has an iOS app with thumb print unlock (saves you from typing in a long master password). I personally really enjoy it.
Basically their web add-ons are extremely buggy. I was using Firefox and after many issues tried Chrome version, that one looks nicer but is similar POS and similarly had its own set of issues. Perhaps I would be happier if there was just a standalone app that I would only fire up when I need it.
Re: Ask HN: What is your password management solution?
#47`pass` is a nice command line tool that stores gpg2 encrypted password files. It's simple, super handy and doesn't require you to trust any third party with what you're storing. website: https://www.passwordstore.org/ man page: https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/about/
+1 for `pass`. I wrote a handy Bash script [1] that lets me easily search my passwords without having an exact match (e.g., `fpass fin cap one` quickly finds my password info for "Financial/CapitalOne.gpg"). It makes pulling up passwords so much easier as I only need to remember fragments of how I stored it instead of trying to remember exact folders and names using auto-complete to find the password. I also use iTer…
Re: Ask HN: What is your password management solution?
#48write it down and put piece of paper in pocket
Congratulations for having the patience to write out long strings of characters on paper and type them out repeatedly, but that doesn't sound very safe.