Bitwarden for its open source approach, security review, apps for ALL platforms and it’s crazy cheap. Has been my daily driver for the past 2 years.
Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
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Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
#12Bitwarden.
Personally, I use KeePass with Syncthing but pay for a Bitwarden Family account for my spouse and family members.
I migrated from LastPass, to Enpass, and finally to KeePass. Bitwarden basically checks all the boxes for me, but I prefer to control my own data without having to run and maintain the Bitwarden server for the rest.
Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
#13Bitwarden. Personally, I use KeePass with Syncthing but pay for a Bitwarden Family account for my spouse and family members. I migrated from LastPass, to Enpass, and finally to KeePass. Bitwarden basically checks all the boxes for me, but I prefer to control my own data without having to run and maintain the Bitwarden server for the rest.
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Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
#14Password Safe (https://www.pwsafe.org/) is an offline password manager.
Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
#15Bitwarden for its open source approach, security review, apps for ALL platforms and it’s crazy cheap. Has been my daily driver for the past 2 years.
I wanted to write almost the exact same list. :) Such an awesome product, highly recommended!
Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
#161Password, no contest.
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#17Chromes builtin password manager. I trust that google has smart people who will do a good job of securing my passwords and my families. It has its problems but with its auto generated passwords and almost all services I use having two factor , I feel it’s a good choice
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#18I don't trust cloud based password stores. So I use pass which uses gpg encryption for your passwords.
GitHub has a good tutorial on generating your own gpg key: https://help.github.com/en/articles/generating-a-new-gpg-key
Using this you can encrypt your files. I store my gpg files in on a git forge. This way, I load my gpg key, clone the repo into ~/.password-store and voila! I can use my asswords/secrets across devices. It even has a utility for Android.
Besides that, I use Emacs a lot so I use helm-pass package to streamline my password discovery and copy-to-clipboard actions without exposing the password in plain view.
Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
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Re: Ask HN: What password manager do you recommend to friends and family?
#20KeePass
It's cross-platform/FOSS and does not relay on cloud.