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I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden (xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

A review of my experience with Bitwarden after several years of self-hosting it, and why I decided to move away from the password manager.

Note not my article

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[-] turdas@suppo.fi 59 points 12 hours ago

My review of your post: you need to stop using so much emphasis on everything. Not every instance of the word Bitwarden needs to be italicized. Also five different ways of storing passwords sounds insane, and harping on for a dozen paragraphs about Bitwarden's security incidents only to settle on another SaaS password manager sure is a choice.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 6 points 8 hours ago

The outward appearance might not be your style, but they make good points, provide facts to support them and most importantly, they remain polite about it.

I personally think the article is worth reading, at least until just before the last chapter, in which the author outlines their own convoluted ideas. And that's where such things belong: in the last chapter.

only to settle on another SaaS

Do you mean Vaultwarden? AFAICS they do not "settle" on it, but they do argue that it is much lighter in almost every respect. And since it is Bitwarden compatible the comparison is valid.


Frankly, I think most people just got salty because of the javascript overlay which I found pretty funny; a mild prank and a good demonstration of the power of javascript.

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