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1Password Has Raised $620M

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Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by alecco »

fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

This opens a great opportunity for an open source disruptor to scoop their paying customers. Keeping it simple. I would be happy to throw in $100 to some crowdfunding as long as there's at least one legit security dev onboard. No Crypto bros please.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by moritonal »

chaorace wrote: post #116
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

It really makes me wonder what kind of conversations had to happen to bring investors on-board. I don't want to give too much credit to investor types, but... surely this must have thrown up some red flags? Exactly what kind of moon-shot ideas did 1Password start tossing around to get those wallets open?

Passwords are boring, hard and important. Customers know that, so are likely willing to spend a monthly fee to feel safe. Critically, they're unlikely to swap to a different provider when there's so much setup involved.

Lot of money to make with those factors.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by npteljes »

dilap wrote: post #104
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

Spot on. What's the best thing to migrate to?

BitWarden has a similar feature set as far as I understand it. You can even host it yourself.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by daggersandscars »

rdtwo wrote: post #112
theturtletalks wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I long hoped Apple would buy out 1Password and include it in their iCloud+ subscription.

I wish the Apple password manager worked cross platform.

Apple provides a plug-in for Chrome to allow use of your stored passwords on Windows. Announced last year. I've tried it on Windows, appears to work, but do not know how secure it is.

--- Edited to remove references to Linux. Appears to be Windows only.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by zwily »

ascar wrote: post #109
bombcar wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple is so close with Keychain, I feel if they spent a bit a time on the UI of it and offered some plugin capability it'd be perfect.

I found Keychain quite horrible. Everything is or at least felt just too abstracted away so that I don't feel in control of my secrets. Might have been just the UI though. And then it's obviously not crossplatform by default. Sync your password database between your Android phone and Mac? Nope. So it's another step into vendor lock in.

The Keychain integrations and UI have improved a lot over the past couple years. That said, I still use 1p for family sharing.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by codethief »

baryphonic wrote: post #111
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

> Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. Because 1Password is easy enough to use that my wife and I can share a family plan without her getting frustrated. If one of us has a login the other needs, we can easily share it. When I evaluated KeePass, the Wife-Accep…

> When I evaluated KeePass, the Wife-Acceptance Factor (WAF) was not there, though maybe it's improved.

How about you share one KeePass file for all shared passwords and keep another one for your personal ones? KeePassDX on Android can easily handle multiple files. I agree, it's not a perfect solution but it's rather low-tech and something the layperson might still understand.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by schleck8 »

baryphonic wrote: post #111
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

> Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. Because 1Password is easy enough to use that my wife and I can share a family plan without her getting frustrated. If one of us has a login the other needs, we can easily share it. When I evaluated KeePass, the Wife-Accep…

What about Bitwarden? Open source and has a free plan for two people. The family plan includes one more seat than 1password and costs 20 € less per year

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by elteto »

jmull wrote: post #34

> ...explore beyond the boundaries of traditional password management. This is a 50-50 proposition, at best. I hope this doesn't mean I'll need to start looking or a new password manager.

Such a silly sounding marketspeak... what is non-traditional password management? Password management + essential oils?

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by bognition »

baryphonic wrote: post #111
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

> Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. Because 1Password is easy enough to use that my wife and I can share a family plan without her getting frustrated. If one of us has a login the other needs, we can easily share it. When I evaluated KeePass, the Wife-Accep…

I've had the exact same experience. It took me about 5 minutes to teach my partner how to use 1Password and its been years since I had to help them use the app.

I've stopped worrying about password re-use or compromise. Now I'm teaching my kids to use it and they love it b/c they dont have to make up or remember passwords.

Yes there are other technically equivalent options but the fact I can get it setup on an iOS device in seconds and trust its used is worth every penny.

Re: 1Password Has Raised $620M

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Post by chaorace »

dilap wrote: post #104
fxtentacle wrote: post #50

"1Password Has Raised $620M" Ah fuck. They now need to grow at any cost to earn all that money back. And they'll throw their users under the bus, if they have to, because it's either grow like a unicorn or go bust. Also, I sincerely have no clue how a password manager could be so expensive. Last time I checked, the excellent KeePassXC was still free open source and developed by volunteers in their free time. How come…

Spot on. What's the best thing to migrate to?

I'll vouch for BitWarden. You can self-host or use their cloud offering. The server software and all of the clients are open source.

I've personally been using the cloud offering for several years now and feel quite satisfied with it. The free tier is generous, the premium tier is very affordable, and I can export my data to a self-hosted instance anytime I like.

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