Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3

Post by tetris11 » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 1:47 PM UTC

mrwm wrote: post #49

danpalmer wrote: post #31

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> Unfortunately, I no longer recommend Bitwarden for normal people because the built-in password manager in Firefox is too good Interesting, I've always felt that browser-based password managers provided remarkably little value for most people. Using them on mobile is tricky and platform dependent, it's easy to have local-only, non-synced data and then lose it, and being multi-device is trickier, especially in a work…

I'm not sure how it is on iOS, but I've been using firefox as my password maanger on android. It's a trivial change in the settings and works across all apps as well. I also recommend it to my friend group, as they can use firefox with uBlock Origin, and also have their passwords synced.

Post by freedomben » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 1:50 PM UTC

saint_yossarian wrote: post #188

hsdropout wrote: post #144

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That's not 2FA, that's two of the same factor. The factors are: - Something you know - Something you have - Something you are (biometrics)

Not sure what you mean, it's still a second unique token that an attacker would need to know to access my account, so it's improving my security even when stored in my password manager. This was in response to grandparent's opinion that it's "at best a reduction in security". I'm not talking about my password vault getting breached, in that case I'd be fucked either way.

Post by rnewme » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 1:54 PM UTC

blendergeek wrote: post #19

Thank you to Bitwarden for relicensing a thing to Free/Open License! Unfortunately, I no longer recommend Bitwarden for normal people because the built-in password manager in Firefox is too good. But for anyone with more advance needs (or who doesn't trust a password manager built into a web browser, I always recommend Bitwarden because KeepassXC + syncing is way too difficult for normal people.

Post by zie » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 2:02 PM UTC

creesch wrote: post #248

ryukafalz wrote: post #230

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Yeah, likewise. I'm a Bitwarden subscriber but I'd been looking into alternatives recently because of the licensing kerfuffle. But switching password managers is a pain, so I'm glad to not feel like I have to now.

Are there other alternatives that are 1) open source 2) offer the same integration to begin with and finally 3) have been audited or are popular enough to be under constant scrutiny? There is of course the KeePass ecosystem, but that is why I included my second point, as with KeePass you are responsible for vault syncing, having clients for all platforms, etc. I suppose that it is good to be aware of other options. A…

Post by trinsic2 » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 2:06 PM UTC

CJefferson wrote: post #181

danpalmer wrote: post #31

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> Unfortunately, I no longer recommend Bitwarden for normal people because the built-in password manager in Firefox is too good Interesting, I've always felt that browser-based password managers provided remarkably little value for most people. Using them on mobile is tricky and platform dependent, it's easy to have local-only, non-synced data and then lose it, and being multi-device is trickier, especially in a work…

I have the opposite problem. If I forget to log into bitwarden, passwords just get saved into firefox / chrome, so now I've got some passwords in bitwarden, some in chrome, some in firefox, and worst of all bitwarden doesn't seem to have an easy way to unify these databases.