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Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

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Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

#21
I had to make a call for the startup I work at. I went with 1pass and it has gone well. I had tried lastpass before and loathed the UI.

The only thing it lacks is a more powerful granular permissioning now that we've scaled. Ideally, there'd be a way for each new hire to automatically get an account and roles via LDAP, and immediately have access to necessary secrets based on that with no manual step.

Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

#22
Personally I've been using KeePassXC with self hosted Nextcloud sync for many years and it works great on desktop, apart from minor merge conflicts when server or clients been offline for long. I haven't found a good solution for iOS but Keepassium and Minikeepass is OK for occasional logins. I think it might bee more of a Nextcloud issue on mobile.

I think it's totally insane to let a third party manage your passwords.

Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

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All three of these expose your entire password database to system memory every time you decrypt a single secret giving you no reasonable defense against malware. LastPass, 1pass, BitWarden, and most other password managers doubled down on good UX, but the security is pretty terrible. They help users avoid using the same password for every site, granted, but is that really good enough? Consider that every time you go…

What are hardware password managers - like a flash drive? What happens if you lose it or someone steals it?

Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

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All three of these expose your entire password database to system memory every time you decrypt a single secret giving you no reasonable defense against malware. LastPass, 1pass, BitWarden, and most other password managers doubled down on good UX, but the security is pretty terrible. They help users avoid using the same password for every site, granted, but is that really good enough? Consider that every time you go…

You mentioned mobile at the end of your comment, and I'm wondering how this works. Isn't it very cumbersome to attach a hardware device to your phone each time you need to login somewhere?

Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

#27
To be honest, all of these are fine. The very fact that you're going to be rolling out a tool and educating your staff in secure password management is a huge win regardless of which option you choose.

That said, for a team size For teams 50+ I would choose LastPass which has better 'enterprise' features, but despite having used it at work for 7 years I still really dislike it. This could be because I've been using 1Password in a personal/family capacity for about 12 years!

Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

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post #22

Personally I've been using KeePassXC with self hosted Nextcloud sync for many years and it works great on desktop, apart from minor merge conflicts when server or clients been offline for long. I haven't found a good solution for iOS but Keepassium and Minikeepass is OK for occasional logins. I think it might bee more of a Nextcloud issue on mobile. I think it's totally insane to let a third party manage your passwor…

Strongbox is a nice iOS keepass compatible client. Integrates with the iOS password auto fill and can use can use Face ID / Touch ID with the pro versions. It supports google drive, iCloud, onedrive, sftp and local Storage on your iOS device. I find the UI is quite ok.

Re: Ask HN: 1Password vs. LastPass vs. Bitwarden for teams ?

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All three of these expose your entire password database to system memory every time you decrypt a single secret giving you no reasonable defense against malware. LastPass, 1pass, BitWarden, and most other password managers doubled down on good UX, but the security is pretty terrible. They help users avoid using the same password for every site, granted, but is that really good enough? Consider that every time you go…

"1Password only decrypts what you need at the time you need it. If Molly (one of my dogs) is using 1Password to log in to SquirrelsAreEvil.net, only her SquirrelsAreEvil Login details are decrypted. Her RabbitRecipies Login, along with all her other hundreds of items, remain encrypted." August 2013

https://blog.1password.com/just-in-time-decryption/

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