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Re: Evaluation of five password managers

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Post by tynorf »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #15
jtbayly wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No integration with iOS.

Well, you can use Google Chrome on iOS, although you'll get worse performance since Apple doesn't allow third party browsers to take advantage of Javascript optimizations. So, I'd say the point stands! You'd potentially be using a worse web browser in exchange for access to your passwords!

> although you'll get worse performance since Apple doesn't allow third party browsers to take advantage of Javascript optimizations

This hasn't been true since iOS 8 with WKWebView[0].

[0] http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/06/ios-8-javascript-performa...

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Post by Avamander »

beat wrote: 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 Bitwarden, I do not miss a single thing and quite a few irritating things have been fixed.

Re: Evaluation of five password managers

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Post by tyingq »

vhost- wrote: post #30
mithr wrote: post #8

> 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.

Interesting. Browser plugins, by nature, include source code. I wonder if there's an easy fix. Can you describe the issue in a little more detail?

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Post by echelon »

CompuHacker wrote: post #3

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.

Using WhoisGuard for their domain is so not a problem. Namecheap gives you that for free and by default, and it cuts down on spam mail from other registrars.

Bitwarden is open source and self-hosted. This is a better trust model than any of the other offerings by a mile.

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Post by Thriptic »

vhost- wrote: post #30
mithr wrote: post #8

> 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.

Interesting. Lastpass works perfectly for me on Debian based Linux, and I have friends that use it on arch. I can't speak to use on other distros though.

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Post by [deleted] »

mithr wrote: post #8

> 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/

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Re: Evaluation of five password managers

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Post by CalRobert »

mithr wrote: post #8

> 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/

Unfortunately, 1Password may find its engineers compromised by their government, by virtue of being Australian.
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