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Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by andreygrehov »

davismwfl wrote: post #3

1Password. I never used to like using password managers and 1password has changed that. Mobile app and web integration are both done well. With the ability to share vaults and keeps things separate and orderly.

I have always been curious. What if the master password is compromised?

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by sanswork »

andreygrehov wrote: post #11
davismwfl wrote: post #3

1Password. I never used to like using password managers and 1password has changed that. Mobile app and web integration are both done well. With the ability to share vaults and keeps things separate and orderly.

I have always been curious. What if the master password is compromised?

You have to change all your passwords.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by davismwfl »

andreygrehov wrote: post #11
davismwfl wrote: post #3

1Password. I never used to like using password managers and 1password has changed that. Mobile app and web integration are both done well. With the ability to share vaults and keeps things separate and orderly.

I have always been curious. What if the master password is compromised?

Then everything is open to be viewed/compromised.

Since I personally don't use the cloud options that would mean the person must also have physical access to my device and have my pin for my phone or the password to my computer too.

Not that this isn't possible but for the added security of having different passwords for every login I'll take this balance of security.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by imaginenore »

rhlala wrote: post #15
imaginenore wrote: post #7

KeePass for the important things - anything that involves money, directly or indirectly - email, banking, amazon, ebay, bitcoins. 1Password for everything else.

Why do you use two?

I don't trust anything integrated with the browser. I could probably use two separate databases of KeePass, but it's browser integration sucks.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by matthberg »

I have used Dashlane since the beta days, it works well. It is closed source, yet works well, the paid version ($40/year) syncs between devices while the free version is one device only. There are apps for Android, iOS, Mac, and PC. Features include autofill on websites and receipt logging when using credit cards. Their site says they decrypt and encrypt locally only, using an unrecoverable master password.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by Karupan »

davismwfl wrote: post #3

1Password. I never used to like using password managers and 1password has changed that. Mobile app and web integration are both done well. With the ability to share vaults and keeps things separate and orderly.

Been using 1Password for a year now on OSX/Windows/iOS and haven't hit any issues yet. The Windows app has a lot of catching up to do in terms of UX (I know there is a beta, but isn't stable enough for everyday use)

What surprised me is that they still don't have a Linux version!

Re: Ask HN: Password manager recommendation?

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Post by c13k »

Google password manager passwords.google.com works very well for me. I also use a veracrypt encrypted container with a plain text file containing my sensitive notes and passwords, stored on my Linux laptop and backed up onto an encrypted bucket on AWS S3 in case my laptop dies or is stolen or destroyed.

This works very well for me, and I'm in control of my passwords.

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