Keepass all the way friends. Synced via flash drive or syncthing>
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I originally used Keepass, but then I managed to convince my wife to use a password manager and needed something more user friendly. I switched to LastPass until they started charging, now we're on Bitwarden
Keepass on nextcloud ftw
Was also going to suggest KeePass and syncthing, it's been working flawlessly for a long time. In case of conflicts, at least keepassxc allows you to easily merge databases.
Putting keepass and syncthing together is a match made in heaven
A good cloud based password manager is end to end encrypted
Presumably end-to-end encrypted. Do not trust any of them. There is no good cloud-based password manager.
My personal recommendations:
- KeePass (and its numerous alternative clients). The password database is one single file which would never have to leave your local network (or even: computer).
- Gopass (pass with modern addins). The password database is a folder of files which can optionally be version-controlled in a Git or Fossil repository. The default encryption is GnuPG, but it also supports age.
Presumably end-to-end encrypted. Do not trust any of them. There is no good cloud-based password manager.
Bitwarden is open source and audited: https://bitwarden.com/help/is-bitwarden-audited/
You can't prove that their server is running the exact same code. A self-hosted Bitwarden server might be reasonably secure, but as far as I can tell, Bitwarden('s server component) is not designed for single users.
The entire point of E2EE encryption is that you do not have to trust the server.
exactly
You can’t prove that their server is running the exact same code
Which is the whole point between e2ee, assuming the server ended up being malicious, as long as the client code is doing its job properly, its fine. All the apps are open source.
Bitwarden('s server component) is not designed for single users.
vaultwarden's good if you're selfhosting, incredibly lightweight and compatible with bitwarden clients
Even though you don’t know what code is running on their server, the bitwarden client used to communicate with their server is open source & auditable. End-to-end encryption only requires that the client code is trustworthy.
I don't have to trust the server, if I trust the client in an e2ee model. Their server could only be a security issue, if the encryption wouldn't be e2e. And then the whole application would suck.
I understand your concerns but for my threat model bitwarden is safe enough. I trust an audited open source manager more than I trust my own ability to keep my passwords safe.
If you can't keep attackers from compromising your computer, it doesn't matter which password manager you use; it will be compromised regardless. Someone who compromises your computer can do just about anything that you can do—including read the passwords you've stored in your password manager.
Good tip, I’ll get on it. I use Bitwarden’s cloud server for convenience, but if they were to shut down tomorrow, I’d be screwed
Only somewhat screwed. The client still has a local offline cache. So you don't immediately lose everything. The cache is read-only though and doesn't contain attachments.
Also remember: the normal export function of bitwarden also "just" exports the database entries; not the file attachments.
If you are the BitWarden server admin, what do you see per user? Just a blob of data called "encrypted password database" or something, along with something like a last modified date and version number for syncing purposes?
Bitwarden is probably a lot safer if you self host (which I do). You do inherently lose some security by having a server that holds your encrypted password database, but my instance isn't exposed to the internet.
are you using the official bitwarden server or vaultwarden? been thinking about selfhosting it myself, but i would need to expose it to the internet, and i'm not really sure if i'm up to the task of properly securing it