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Password managers: recommendations + best practices?

2167 sats \ 59 comments \ @kst_winterhodler 27 Jan 2023 bitcoin

On the topic of password management, what are your recommendations as far as the tools there are out there (password managers, hardware keys, etc.)? And what would you say are the best practices (both phone and pc)?

A bit of a broad topic on purpose as I am not sure exactly where I am going with this, but I know I want to do more research and gather more information. If you have good resources on this, please do share.

Cheers

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426 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 27 Jan 2023

I use KeePass and Bitwarden. Self hosted. On all platforms and synced on all devices, from my own NAS.

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @pseudoramdom 27 Jan 2023

Second that. KeePass and you can chose your client

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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @phaedrus 28 Jan 2023

Keepass + syncthing

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218 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 27 Jan 2023

Good question. I'm interested in getting some input also. I use a fairly lesser known password manager, not open source code, and I'm nervous that it will be the next hack victim.

I can't wait until bitcoin puts an end to all this password crap.

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116 sats \ 7 replies \ @bataroot 27 Jan 2023

I've been using Bitwarden for a while. The good thing is that their official server and clients (for desktop and mobile) are open-source.

I am actually running an alternative implementation of the server: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden that is less resource-intensive and implements most of the official API: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki#supported-features

Even when running your own server, you can still use the official clients (browser extensions or mobile apps), so you don't have to worry about all the different client implementations in the wild.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @satdeck 27 Jan 2023

I second bitwarden. Been using it for a while. Been great and really helps out.

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kst_winterhodler OP 27 Jan 2023

Thanks!

What are the tradeoffs of using official clients (browser extensions or mobile apps)?

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @bataroot 27 Jan 2023

I don't see any, especially since their code is open-source: https://github.com/bitwarden

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12 sats \ 1 reply \ @blockguard 27 Jan 2023

KeePass. Self hosted. Automatic backups to external HD. Manual backups to usb drive.

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2 sats \ 1 reply \ @2bithits 27 Jan 2023

Bitwarden

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30 sats \ 5 replies \ @Jem 28 Jan 2023

https://www.passwordstore.org/ Terminal only encrypted by gpg key backed up by a local git repo that you can push anywhere you like. No centralised service to honeypot you