Honest question: why doesn’t everyone just use hash functions for passwords. Generating a Base64 string from a secret salt + the website name sounds ideal. This is what I do, and it works very well.
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#12Honest question: why doesn’t everyone just use hash functions for passwords. Generating a Base64 string from a secret salt + the website name sounds ideal. This is what I do, and it works very well.
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#14Honest question: why doesn’t everyone just use hash functions for passwords. Generating a Base64 string from a secret salt + the website name sounds ideal. This is what I do, and it works very well.
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#15Bitwarden
It’s core is opensource and you can run your own server if you want.
For my less critical accounts even the 2FA token is stored in it.
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#16I cannot wait to finally get off of 1password completely, though. Their latest mini update is an absolute joke. They break app functionality or they shove a detour in my workflow several times a year. Usually connectivity between the miniapp and full app break and when you're someone who enters passwords all day long you really start to notice how much slower you are when your workflow changes. I've had to reinstall the app multiple times this year because some $bug broke connectivity between the browser and the full app.
1pass's android app STILL does not have a password generator built inso you'll never want to create accounts using it but the rest of its functionality is pretty good. This is a huge annoyance of mine. I shouldn't have to go grab my laptop to make an account just to make sure I'm not using one of my in-memory passwords. Whatever password manager I pick would need full android integration.
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#17Honest question: why doesn’t everyone just use hash functions for passwords. Generating a Base64 string from a secret salt + the website name sounds ideal. This is what I do, and it works very well.
How do you handle password rotations? I am intrigued regardless.
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#18Most importantly, I can share select passwords with my wife who uses Windows/IOS.
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#19I use pass[0], which is essentially just a wrapper on top of Git and GPG. All your secrets are stored in text files that are then encrypted by your GPG key, which is then tracked in a Git repo that you can store anywhere. I use the PassFF extension[1] for Firefox, and Password Store for Android[2]. There are plenty of pass-compatible clients for all platforms and extensions for pass on the first site. If I need to ge…