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Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by xxkylexx »

22289d wrote: post #54
FirmwareBurner wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My take in life: whenever VC or PE investors take over, start moving away from that product and pronto .

The new CEO concerns me. I didn't know who the founder was but I always had the impression it was a lone hacker. They passed the baton. Now it's some old Web 1.0 guy who was the CEO of eFax in the 90's. That's not the type of service I thought I was using. I looked up their headquarters in Santa Barbara and it's a co-working space. That doesn't sound very secure. Though that could be their corp address and they're hi…

The "new" CEO has been at the helm since 2019. Long before the mentioned funding in 2022.

We don't really have a HQ since we are a 100% remote company.

Source: I am the Bitwarden founder.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by maccard »

throwaway2990 wrote: post #104
luczsoma wrote: post #87

1Password is miles ahead. Its UX is WAY better, as is its cryptography architecture and its security whitepaper ( https://1passwordstatic.com/files/security/1password-white-p... ). Bitwarden doesn’t even come close.

No. The user experience of 1Password is just frustrating. I use it daily for work and don’t like it. I’ve used it longer than I’ve used bitwarden.

I started with keepass, and switched to Bitwarden for personal use, and LastPass for work (before LastPass imploded). I now use 1password everywhere. I've got complaints, sure, but Bitwarden regularly fails at input field detection on mobile and web, regularly fails at login (particularly with biometric). If a tool can't reliably do it's core functionality, it's not fit for purpose.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by afavour »

cebert wrote: post #100
geekrax wrote: post #50

Since nobody has mentioned: iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma brings family sharing to password managerm. Sonoma also brings support for using native passwordsl manager in Chrome using a chrome extension developed by Apple. For families who are hooked into Apple's ecosystem, this can provide a much better password management than third party tools.

It’s a great way to get further locked into Apple’s ecosystem. Good luck if you ever need to move to an alternative platform.

iCloud Keychain has csv export. There’s no more lockin than there is with other password managers.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

#114

Post by Rapzid »

tiffanyh wrote: post #13

FYI - Bitwarden took $100M in VC money last year. At some point, the pressure to aggressively monetize will unfortunately happen. https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/06/open-source-password-manag...

Welll.. Crap. And I just moved off LastPass within the past year :|

I even pay for Bitwarden and it's been great with its back-to-basics UI that just works, and not crushing page load performance with the Chrome plugin.. But 100M is a huge sum and we saw how this turns out.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by mkbkn »

xxkylexx wrote: post #111
22289d wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new CEO concerns me. I didn't know who the founder was but I always had the impression it was a lone hacker. They passed the baton. Now it's some old Web 1.0 guy who was the CEO of eFax in the 90's. That's not the type of service I thought I was using. I looked up their headquarters in Santa Barbara and it's a co-working space. That doesn't sound very secure. Though that could be their corp address and they're hi…

The "new" CEO has been at the helm since 2019. Long before the mentioned funding in 2022. We don't really have a HQ since we are a 100% remote company. Source: I am the Bitwarden founder.

Hey man, thank you for creating Bitwarden.

I'm just a normal tech-lover guy who works in the marketing field. I have made my family & 2 agencies switch to Bitwarden and they all love it.

I have stored more than 400 passwords and more than 30 debit + credit cards in it. Though I don't need a paid plan but I'm paying $10 per year just to support the developers.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by junon »

xxkylexx wrote: post #111
22289d wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new CEO concerns me. I didn't know who the founder was but I always had the impression it was a lone hacker. They passed the baton. Now it's some old Web 1.0 guy who was the CEO of eFax in the 90's. That's not the type of service I thought I was using. I looked up their headquarters in Santa Barbara and it's a co-working space. That doesn't sound very secure. Though that could be their corp address and they're hi…

The "new" CEO has been at the helm since 2019. Long before the mentioned funding in 2022. We don't really have a HQ since we are a 100% remote company. Source: I am the Bitwarden founder.

Can you maybe touch a bit on the intended relationship between you and the VC? Are there plans to do aggressive monetization of Bitwarden?

As a long time user, I'm a bit concerned as well.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by 2rsf »

monlockandkey wrote: post #67

I don't agree with the self hosted Bitwarden philosophy. Having a "server" to manage passwords is overkill for most people. The best is to use an encrypted keepass file stored on your cloud storage (Google drive, Dropbox etc). It is portable and easy to access from anywhere ( don't need to VPN to your local network). Not a fan of the self hosted server password management model. Doesn't make any sense unless managing…

I agree with the first part of your statement, but how do you access an encrypted keepass file from mobiles?

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by haizhung »

BrunoBernardino wrote: post #63

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Padloc [1] yet. It's end-to-end encrypted, open source, easy to self host, and with a really UI + UX. I got all my family to use it and used it for a over a year, before eventually contributing actively to it. There's even a Tauri-based desktop app! Full disclosure: I have "contributing power" but do not make money from its sales or anything like it. [1]: https://padloc.app

Does it have WiFi sync? Seems like all the big players are committed to removing that, and that’s like the one single thing I want from a password manager: don’t store all my passwords in the cloud.

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by rsa4046 »

xxkylexx wrote: post #111
22289d wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The new CEO concerns me. I didn't know who the founder was but I always had the impression it was a lone hacker. They passed the baton. Now it's some old Web 1.0 guy who was the CEO of eFax in the 90's. That's not the type of service I thought I was using. I looked up their headquarters in Santa Barbara and it's a co-working space. That doesn't sound very secure. Though that could be their corp address and they're hi…

The "new" CEO has been at the helm since 2019. Long before the mentioned funding in 2022. We don't really have a HQ since we are a 100% remote company. Source: I am the Bitwarden founder.

Thanks for an excellent product. I'm a long term paid subscriber, and very happy with Bitwarden :-)

Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

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Post by pil0u »

Aerbil313 wrote: post #97
pil0u wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I won't come at you, for lack of time and expertise. I'm genuinely interested in that approach, but I'm probably too afraid to design an algorithm that would be vulnerable for reasons I couldn't imagine. For digit-only, I meant platforms that forces you that requirement - my bank does. What about MFA?

Currently I use custom passwords which I write down in a single file for digit-only passwords. But while I was writing my top comment, an idea about converting letters in app/website name to digits and scrambling them came to me. Take a look for the algorithms: https://www.google.com/search?q=historical+cryptography+tech... Choose one which you can run in your head, don't use it as-is, insert random chars at certain…

Thank you for the details and hints, much appreciated.
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