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Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by sodality2 »

Trung0246 wrote: post #446
buro9 wrote: post #425

The code for the server is AGPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/server , with only things in the /bitwarden_license/ directory being proprietary. The code for the mobile apps is GPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile/blob/master/LICENSE.txt The code for the clients is GPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/clients These are all copyleft... with a CLA (contributor license agreement). It's the CLA that allows them the ab…

What's in the bitwarden_license folder btw?

Looks like some code regarding Bitwarden Enterprise

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by Barrin92 »

behnamoh wrote: post #408
drumhead wrote: post #187

Oh dear, this isnt good news at all. Now they're going to be under pressure to produce excessive returns to fatten the company up for an IPO or sale. Having seen what happened to Lastpass when it was passed around from pillar to post this saddens me deeply. Lets see what anti consumer measures they start introducing to force us to pay more. Limitations on the free tier look likely and price rises as well.

Here we go again: Some company (in this case, Bitwarden) "betrayed" its customers by doing what every other firm does. And Hn goes brrr over it. I wonder, aren't the majority of HNers working at a for-profit company funded by VCs? The hypocrisy is just intolerable at this point.

> I wonder, aren't the majority of HNers working at a for-profit company funded by VCs?

they're probably over-represented given that this is an incubator-adjacent forum but startups are vastly outnumbered by both mature businesses as well as bog-standard privately owned businesses so probably not.

Most firms don't get a hundred million dollars up front, they grow products and revenue just like everyone else, with significantly fewer distortions to users or business models.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by tibbydudeza »

crazygringo wrote: post #229
bborud wrote: post #152

I switched to Bitwarden when LastPass started using silly tactics to make customers pay. I didn't switch because of the price - the service pricing of Bitwarden was a pleasant surprise. I switched because I lost all trust in LastPass. Managing credentials and sensitive information is all about trust. The second I lose trust in that kind of service, I don't just stop using it, I will most likely never even consider co…

> I don't give second chances to services that are trust based. You might run out of services then at some point. Human beings are fallible, full stop. Also, a company isn't an individual -- management teams change, corporate priorities change, security practices improve. Judging a whole company by what a few employees did or didn't do a decade ago isn't always going to yield an optimal approach. Refusing to give any…

I don't think Dell or HP make their own computers anymore - consumer stuff is all outsourced to Taiwanese/Chinese OEM's (Quanta,Wistron etc ...) - they probably still only make servers in house.

HP and Dell are just marketing companies now.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by robocat »

scarface74 wrote: post #314
selectodude wrote: post #278

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>1Password’s desktop app is much worse than it use to be all while each platforms built in capabilities are getting better. I keep reading this but as a user of 1Password over the past decade or so, the functionality hasn't changed much. I'm confused as to what they're spending all the VC money on because these re-writes haven't done much but in terms of functionality, I think it's best in class. What am I missing?

While I don’t have any opinion about the features, they did have native app and now the app is Electron based.

https://blog.1password.com/1password-8-the-story-so-far/

Common rust library code with platform specific UI code.

Native UI code for Android, macOS and iOS. The app is Electron based on Windows and Linux for the reasons they give in the article.

Article from a year ago, so maybe outdated.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by worble »

Octabrain wrote: post #75

Glad for them and I really hope them to succeed in the long run, engrosing the list of successful bussiness based on OS. As a side note, I've been tempted so many times at this point on getting a payed subscription and getting rid of my "keepass+keepassdb sync via Google drive+keepass keyfile local copy on each device" for the sake of making things simpler. I've read how the internals work, checked the auditories, re…

I mean if your current setup works, why change it? I just hope you aren't too reliant in GDrive if your account ends up getting nuked as I've read so many times.

While I recommend Bitwarden to my not-so-technical friends, I don't think I'm ever going to move away from my Keepass/Nextcloud setup, it just works for me.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by Jenk »

buro9 wrote: post #425

The code for the server is AGPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/server , with only things in the /bitwarden_license/ directory being proprietary. The code for the mobile apps is GPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile/blob/master/LICENSE.txt The code for the clients is GPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/clients These are all copyleft... with a CLA (contributor license agreement). It's the CLA that allows them the ab…

> hello Okta, Auth0, etc

YSK they are one and the same. Okta bought Auth0 in 2021[0]

[0]: https://www.okta.com/press-room/press-releases/okta-complete...

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by fencepost »

bborud wrote: post #152

I switched to Bitwarden when LastPass started using silly tactics to make customers pay. I didn't switch because of the price - the service pricing of Bitwarden was a pleasant surprise. I switched because I lost all trust in LastPass. Managing credentials and sensitive information is all about trust. The second I lose trust in that kind of service, I don't just stop using it, I will most likely never even consider co…

I didn't mind paying for Lastpass, but I started planning to move away when they were bought by LogMeIn because I've seen that company's acquisitions before.

Jumped from a paid LP plan to a Bitwarden family plan with sharing and emergency access and quite happy.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by fencepost »

godelski wrote: post #424
TheKarateKid wrote: post #412

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LastPass pricing model is what turned me off. I am happy to pay for services I use regularly, but I remember the pricing model didn't seem appropriate for what they were offering. The short cutoff period added insult to injury. I checked out Bitwarden and it seemed like a better version of LastPass that just happened to be free. Their paid model doesn't appeal to me so I don't subscribe, but I would enjoy paying if t…

Same, I even remember paying for LastPass for a bit. It was more that I wanted to support a service I liked (same reason I pay for other services). Though I find BW's paid model a bit surprising. I know it is only $10/yr, but the only real value here is 1GB storage and yubi/fido keys. I don't have yubi keys (they seem cool but also a pain in the ass) and 1GB seems rather small. Looking at Google, Dropbox, and Apple,…

One paid feature that can be very important is designating emergency access contacts. A family member had a stroke last year (doing much better now) and one thing that made life much easier was having access to his passwords - in this case because I'd set him up with Keepass years ago and still had the password saved.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by fencepost »

simsla wrote: post #464
dieselgate wrote: post #459

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dang changing a password manager seems like a nightmare. I use pen and paper which, given the trade offs, makes the most sense for me

I thought it would be bad, but it didn't take long when I switched to BW from LP. Half an hour maybe? And that includes setting up Duo for push notification 2FA.

There is one thing you lose when doing this, pretty sure password history is still not a part of the export.

Re: Bitwarden raises $100M

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Post by stereoradonc »

Even better! Kudos to the team. A viable alternative to 1Password and others. I agree there are open source alternatives available, but I prefer to pay for the premium version, which works across all devices. Good stuff.
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