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Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by TheDong »

gregknicholson wrote: post #44
pault wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you recommend any reputable open source password managers?

I don't know whether [LessPass]( https://lesspass.com/ ) is reputable, but it's notable for its approach. It's primarily a password generator, rather than a password manager. It reproducibly generates difficult-to-guess passwords, using as input: the site's URL, your username and a master password. You save, sync and retrieve your passwords using your browser's built-in password manager. I never previously used a pas…

Lesspass is not notable for its approach; deterministic password managers have existed for quite some time.

They're often recommended against, and it's dangerous to use one without a full understanding of the significant caveats.

See https://tonyarcieri.com/4-fatal-flaws-in-deterministic-passw..., the hacker news discussion, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13016132, and notably the top comment there.

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by dom96 »

I'm currently using LastPass and their macOS app seriously annoys me (why do I have to click an OK button every time I save a new password?).

They seem to get their UI right at least. Plus, bears are cute.

Edit: No support for folders/categories it seems. That sucks a bit.

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by hmahncke »

azinman2 wrote: post #20
dwg wrote: post #7

What differentiates RememBear from other password managers? After looking through the blog and website it's not immediately clear to me. What makes (or will make) RememBear better than, say, 1password, which appears to have the same features, is also easy to use, and has a long history with which to work out issues?

I disagree that 1Password is easy to use. It’s easy enough for me to use, but trying to get my parents through the setup and UI has not been an easy task. It could be far more simple and straightforward.

I would like to see a version of 1Password that 1) did only passwords - no fishing licenses and secure notes, which adds UX complexity 2) did not distinguish between passwords and logins, which causes endless confusion for my users 3) knew and managed the text requirements for the top 1000 websites so the app could generate legitimate passwords and not ask users to manage password complexity

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by crispinb »

azinman2 wrote: post #20
dwg wrote: post #7

What differentiates RememBear from other password managers? After looking through the blog and website it's not immediately clear to me. What makes (or will make) RememBear better than, say, 1password, which appears to have the same features, is also easy to use, and has a long history with which to work out issues?

I disagree that 1Password is easy to use. It’s easy enough for me to use, but trying to get my parents through the setup and UI has not been an easy task. It could be far more simple and straightforward.

Quite. I have stopped recommending 1Password to non technical family and friends. Not one of them ever managed to figure it out for themselves, so I had to run through it with them on their PCs, Macs, iPads and phones. Then they forgot how to use it, and none of them continued with it. Then I had to remind them to cancel their subscriptions —- most would have continued for life paying but not using.

Many ordinary people have no idea whatsoever of the relationships between clients and servers, and less still of that between different clients (what is a web app? Is gmail my search engine?). Throw in an interposing piece of software that not only manages but duplicates login credentials for these various mysterious entities, and they are completely and utterly despondent, hopeless and lost.

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by azinman2 »

hmahncke wrote: post #53
azinman2 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree that 1Password is easy to use. It’s easy enough for me to use, but trying to get my parents through the setup and UI has not been an easy task. It could be far more simple and straightforward.

I would like to see a version of 1Password that 1) did only passwords - no fishing licenses and secure notes, which adds UX complexity 2) did not distinguish between passwords and logins, which causes endless confusion for my users 3) knew and managed the text requirements for the top 1000 websites so the app could generate legitimate passwords and not ask users to manage password complexity

Ohh I like the idea of knowing the password requirements for the top 1000 websites!

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by ehxcaet »

DonHopkins wrote: post #19

Great name! So much more evocative than "Remembr". Let's hope they succeed, and inspire other companies to append a penultimate "a" after the penultimate "e", instead of just removing the penultimate "e".

I'm glad that that fad is... mostly(?) over.

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by ehxcaet »

yegle wrote: post #10
satysin wrote: post #2

Looks nice but only has a Chrome extension at the moment. Also the browser extension requires the desktop app be installed.

So it's not possible on ChromeOS?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/1password-x/aeblfd...

1Pass X seems to be available on just Chrome? I'm actually quite interested to learn how it works - from my knowledge it's the only standalone PM extension right now.

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by nerdponx »

awinder wrote: post #49
Nullabillity wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So.. KeePassXC?

https://keepassxc.org/images/screenshots/macos/screen_003.pn... This is not really an acceptable UI for OSX

No? Looks fine to me. I use it every day.

There is also the Mac-first versiom, MacPass: https://github.com/mstarke/macpass

Re: Introducing Remembear, new password manager

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Post by H1t »

Dado1995 wrote: post #16
pault wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you recommend any reputable open source password managers?

KeePassX?

KeePassX is not actively maintained, as already mentioned but the original KeePass project (https://keepass.info/) that KeePassX was based off and the new cross-platform fork KeePassXC (https://keepassxc.org/) are both active and highly recommended.
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