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1Password vs BitWarden (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by schmurnan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Just wondered what people are using for their password management.

I’m currently using 1Password on a family subscription for both password management and 2FA (and then Authy for the 1Password 2FA). But I’m seeing a lot more posters — particularly since joining Lemmy — championing BitWarden (either cloud or self hosted) and Raivo OTP as a cheaper, almost-as-functional alternative.

So is it worth the switch? Will I lose out on anything by doing so?

I’m currently running BitWarden with a free account to see if I can live with it. But I must admit, 1Password is a staple app for me and one that I would say is priceless to my workflow and setup.

Just interested in your thoughts and trying to stimulate conversation!

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[-] ohto@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve been using Bitwarden for years now, and I really enjoy the seamless experience across platforms. I use Windows at work, Mac/Linux/Windows at home, I also have an iPhone, iPad, Android tablets, and a Chromebook. Bitwarden works great everywhere. I originally chose it because it’s open source so I could host it myself if I wanted to.

I actually pay for Premium ($10/year) because I wanted to use FIDO hardware keys, but you also get 1GB for encrypted file attachments, which is handy.

BitWarden does everything I want, so I have a hard time considering paying far more for 1Password which does the same thing.

[-] Socialphilosopher@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Does anyone know about SafeInCloud?

[-] schmurnan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

No I’ve never heard of it, but have just searched it and am having a read.

[-] diamonddozen@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Are you only interested in hosted applications? I've been using Keepass for years without any complaints. Though now that I'm seeing this thread filled with selfhosted vaultwarden comments, I might look into that though.

[-] schmurnan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No I’m pretty open to either hosted or self hosted. I use KeePass in work (because it’s mandated) and I’d probably describe it as “OK”. The plug-ins are a little fiddly to get working, and my work actually block most of them which drastically reduces the functionality. I have zero browser integration, for example, so I have to copy/paste passwords in each time. Which isn’t the end of the world, but annoying.

Also not sure if there’s a macOS version of KeePass or something I could also use across iOS, watchOS and iPadOS as well.

[-] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I just use firefox to remember my passwords

is there an advantage to switching to some third party app like bitwarden?

I feel like firefox is good enough and very easy to view/manage my passwords, but open to arguments why others are worth switching to

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

How does it store them though? I thought (this was maybe long ago) they they were stored plaintext on your machine instead of in an encrypted vault like password managers.

[-] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I’ll be honest, I have no idea how secure the firefox passwords are stored… maybe I should actually research this some more

but I would hope Mozilla has a reasonably secure method in place

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[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

KeepassXC, synced with Nextcloud to all my devices. Browser plugins and android app. Diceware master pass phrase.

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