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What is the alternative you propose?
Hard drives are large enough nowadays to contain a whole copy of the internet. Instead of connecting to the internet to access the web, computers should serve up local copies of the sites instead. Then it is 100% secure and there is no more need for passwords or insecure WiFi connections.
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The sync story bothers me. In my mind, Enpass is one that does it correctly. They don't offer a sync service, instead they let you choose from a number of popular ones (OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, and a few others), one of which you probably already use. There's no need for yet another cloud service to solve this already solved problem.
I used to think like that but syncing files and syncing passwords across multiple devices are different things, mainly because of conflict management. If you have a conflict on a file which has been modified on two devices, there is not that much do you can do except using the most recent update based on timestamps and keeping the other one as a backup file. Dropbox does that for example. For password entries, it’s p…
The bootstrapping problem is an interesting one. Instead of just having a master password for the password manager, you also have to have the file sharing password as well. Like you, I've somewhat accepted this situation.
For the home fire scenario, offsite backups are the answer. When you restore your backup (likely with yet another password involved!), the recent-ish local copy of the password database will be restored with it and you can use the passwords stored in that to bootstrap the syncing process.
My current offsite backup regime is just a pair of portable USB drives. One is at my office, the other is at home, and I rotate them weekly (COVID messed this up). There are many other ways to do this - cloud services, a NAS sitting at a friend's place, external drives in a bank safe deposit box, etc.
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I've been thinking about this a lot about Adobe lately, specifically. I've been getting into video editing as a hobby, and the fact that I could use Premier for $20/month rather than the single time purchase of $800 or whatever it used to be is the difference between me being able to use it or not. And yeah, maybe in 40 months I would be spending more money, but there's no guarantee I wouldn't be spending money to up…
the fact that I could use Premier for $20/month rather than the single time purchase of $800 or whatever it used to be Or you can buy DaVinci Resolve for $295 and get a lifetime license. And they make a Linux version.
I make good money, and so dropping $20 on something for a new hobby is something I do without thinking, but $295 is something I have to consider. And I'm a software developer who makes a decent salary. It's more than 10x the cost. It takes fifteen months before that breaks even.
> And they make a Linux version.
I'm not a Linux user, so this isn't something I particularly care about these days.
Something I didn't talk about in the original post: I did try a few $0 editing programs at first, and I know that DaVinci Resolve stacks up pretty okay here, but one of the main reasons I went with Premire is how easy it is to get help with virtually everything, given how widely it's used. As someone who is at the "I don't even know what I don't know" stage, that's a real advantage. This isn't part of the whole "monthly fee SaaS vs one-time license" aspect of things, but it did factor into my overall decision.
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What is the alternative you propose?
Hard drives are large enough nowadays to contain a whole copy of the internet. Instead of connecting to the internet to access the web, computers should serve up local copies of the sites instead. Then it is 100% secure and there is no more need for passwords or insecure WiFi connections.
Interesting: > 1Password for Linux also debuts with several features that are coming soon to 1Password for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android That should be encouraging for Linux users. It suggests that the Linux version is not just a port that will forever at best follow the other platforms. It can get pretty annoying when you have something that is available on multiple platforms, and your platform tends to always lag…
This does look amazing. Reading the announcement show a level of deep integration not just for Linux, but for individual distributions and UI’s.
VisiCalc, SuperCalc and TKSolver did not have Forward referencing. You had to manually refresh the screen (recalculate the entire spreadsheet) and watch to see when cells stopped changing values (if they needed results from cells further in the spreadsheet (left to right, top to bottom).
Lotus 1-2-3 did have Forward Referencing. Multiplan I, did not and accordingly could not hurt Lotus until MultiPlan II incorporated it.
I had communications from magazine editor(s) who simply had not been aware of LANPAR because it was so far ahead of its time, and 10 years later VisiCalc implemented its spreadsheet on Apple's microcomputer - popularizing spreadsheets at a consumer level. So Yes, Rich Harris got it totally 100% right!!
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Thank you for supporting us all these years! We wouldn't be here without awesome customers like you. As a long time user I bet you remember when we needed to write posts like Two Factor or not Two Factor[1]. > One and a Half Factors? Good times. :) Thankfully with our own service we are now able to provide real 2FA as our server is able to enforce it. Same with family sharing, team environments, automated backups, it…
For what it's worth, not a single one of those entries in the "no more" list appeals to me in any way. I've never complained that I lost my master password, or that the license didn't work on multiple platforms, or that I accidentally deleted my files. I don't feel the need for 2FA because -- and this is a big deal to me -- my password database isn't online. I know how to do backups. It's simple and self-contained. I…
The problem here is how many services have been moving to forced 2FA lately (presumably because their users keep getting their re-used passwords leaked).
I'd move to 1Password (from KeePass) just to deal with these obnoxious 2FA requirements - except many of them, adding insult to injury, are SMS-only. (Feature idea for 1Password? Assign me a phone number that will automatically consume SMS 2FA codes and type them into browsers for me?)
Even though we’re a Bitwarden family, I’m happy to see other password managers supporting Linux, the world needs more native Linux support in their applications! Edit: not too happy about electron, but it’s still a step in the right direction for the common folk who use Ubuntu and aren’t the most tech savvy and just don’t care
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the fact that I could use Premier for $20/month rather than the single time purchase of $800 or whatever it used to be Or you can buy DaVinci Resolve for $295 and get a lifetime license. And they make a Linux version.
> Or you can buy DaVinci Resolve for $295 and get a lifetime license. I make good money, and so dropping $20 on something for a new hobby is something I do without thinking, but $295 is something I have to consider. And I'm a software developer who makes a decent salary. It's more than 10x the cost. It takes fifteen months before that breaks even. > And they make a Linux version. I'm not a Linux user, so this isn't s…
I'm a big fan of 1Password. I've been paying for it for years. A few years ago I got my partner setup in a few minutes and now they have strong passwords everywhere. Its got great features for sharing vaults with other people so I've got password managers setup for the kids too. My partner and I both have personal vaults, we have a shared vault for financial stuff, and a shared vault for our media accounts (that we s…