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Evaluation of five password managers

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Re: Evaluation of five password managers

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I rarely see it mentioned, but when 1Password changed to a subscription model I switched to Enpass ( https://www.enpass.io ) and I've been very happy with it.

they don't make it very obvious, but note that 1password doesn't require a subscription. i use it with vaults shared and kept in sync via dropbox for example.

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we decided that Bitwarden is the best choice for our company, and we’ve begun the process of migrating from LastPass to Bitwarden. whois lastpass.com LogMeIn, Inc. whois bitwarden.com WhoisGuard, Inc.

It’s at the bottom of the page. 8bit solutions LLC and they’re in Florida.

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post #19

Has anyone gone through the process of switching? I use Keeper for personal stuff, and I suppose there's always the chance to switch if one turns out to be technically or politically much superior, but there are dozens and dozens of passwords in there to transfer...

I switched from LastPass to 1Password. It was a quick and simple export -> import process.

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post #6

I'm using Chrome's built-in password manager. What are the drawbacks besides it being Google?

(1) Attack surface. (2) Security abstraction. (3) Trust.

(1)This is the same-old argument as "there are more copies of Windows installed then Mac" [semantics aside, there is some truth to it]

(2)Don't shit where you eat. You don't use the same tool to protect that you use. [e.g. Windows Defender vs external gateway/firewall]

(3)Between compliance with the government [in contrast to Apple fighting the government with encryption on iphones], and YOU being the product not Chrome; I don't trust Google to keep my secrets 'secret'.

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> Mac OS, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS ... full functionality can’t be dependent on an app which is only available on Mac OS and/or Windows. In other words, lack of full Linux support is a show-stopper for us. This ruled out 1Password... ...Huh? 1Password supports all of those platforms (including Linux) https://1password.com/downloads/linux/

It really doesn't. I'm a full time linux user and I can tell you the support from both lastpass and 1password is abysmal. I have to copy and paste my passwords from both of those platforms using their half-baked browser plugins that rarely work with linux clipboards.
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