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Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by benhurmarcel »

markdown wrote: post #155
9x39 wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having a password manager synced to phone, desktop, laptop, browsers is handy. I used Keepass 10 years ago but I prefer integrated experiences now, particularly since I often pull them up on mobile. Also consider teams or multiple teams across an org sharing secrets. Flat files are a tough sell, so these apps eliminate almost all the hassle. We pay for a lot of 1Password accounts, and I couldn’t imagine rolling our o…

The Apple Passwords app does all this just fine. The only thing it's missing is secure notes to store my 2FA recovery codes in.

Can it store multiple urls for the same password now?

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by randyrand »

TN1ck wrote: post #45

I switched to Apple Passwords this week. Really good passkey support, 2FA support, best iOS integration. You can even share passwords with others. Sadly no first party cli support. If you only use Apple devices, it’s really solid.

Same here! Switched over for the passkey support.

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by sph »

nekzn wrote: post #158
9x39 wrote: post #77

Serious question - how come free is a requirement for a password manager? Everyone's gotta eat, including the maintainers of password managers. Tech has generous TC, lots of high-end laptops and phones worth thousands, AI & cloud spend, and yet the only acceptable price for secrets management is $0 it seems at times.

If I had to pay for everything I use.

I pay for my email and the vault that contains all my passwords. Be smart with your money, not stingy. $10 (is it still? No idea) a year is an absolute nonfactor for most of the world.

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by ikwyl6 »

throawayonthe wrote: post #116
ktm5j wrote: post #30

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I hear you, but I feel like it's a better safe than sorry situation. Exporting your passwords takes two seconds. I think you can export to an encrypted file, but I just did a plain-text json file and gpg'd it. Can't hurt to play it safe.

if you have to do the 'encrypt single plaintext file' dance at least use age[0] in 2026 [0] https://age-encryption.org/

Why is gpg considered so ‘old’ in this instance?

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by xstr305 »

omnimus wrote: post #119
arikrahman wrote: post #106

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You can get rid of the element of hope by using KeepassXC and syncthing. Bonus is you can use this FOSS stack completely offline.

And not be able to use it on your phone or share it with people you work with. Vaultwarden is the way. Easy to host docker. Solid. And if bitwarden blocks the clients there will be a fork. It's leading to it anyway.

Syncthing works on Android just fine, though I'm not familiar with iOS. There also several keepass compatible clients, some support sync via cloud storage. Don't need to host anything. But I admit, for corporate shared secrets storage it is not a right tool.

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by fnordian »

tfarias wrote: post #31

I've been recommending Bitwarden for a few years now and have also been paying a yearly sub since 2022, as I always thought 10$ was a really good value. But with all this stuff coming out, I'm holding off on recommending it anymore; at least until everything calms down and the new value proposition is fully laid out. Like other folks have said, I don't think it's yet time to migrate. That being said, it doesn't hurt…

$10 was in a magical „don’t even think about it“ zone. When they increased the price I started thinking about it and switched to keepassxc.

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by Itoldmyselfso »

kpozin wrote: post #8
eleventen wrote: post #7

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Name one major password manager that blocks or paywalls export.

- Authy - Google Authenticator

Comment you're replying to should've specified afterwards. Feature that were never there is very different than pay walling a such essential feature.

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by e40 »

donmcronald wrote: post #182
e40 wrote: post #22

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A bad idea for you. My non-technical family members can barely use 1Password and it is the easiest of the lot. The idea you promote is just not realistic.

Losing control and ownership of technology isn’t a prerequisite for ease of use. That’s just the narrative big tech has been selling for 20 years.

I didn't say it was. I'm saying that is the current state.

Re: Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can

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Post by omnimus »

arikrahman wrote: post #186
yinksta wrote: post #146

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You can use it on your phone what are you talking about?

That's what I'm saying, a lot of people are coping with a product they admit will need a fork. Not only is it incurring the cost of project fragmentation, but also incurring an always online cost with overly-complicated docker solutions, when a fully offline and airgapped solution already exists. Furthermore, staying with the same ecosystem invokes the sunken cost fallacy. But the migration from Bitwarden couldn't be…

I was on keepass before bitwarden. Bitwarden just solves more things for me. I am sure the keepass ecosystem improved a lot over the years but fundamentally i find vaultwarden docker to be far easier. Especially for my work and family members that i convinced to use bitwarden. If they were also in charge of the sync it wouldn't be possible.

Afaik vaultwarden and bitwarden clients are as proven as keepass.

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