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0 pointst0astbread4y ago0 comments

What about an offline password manager? Like pass[1] or one that supports the KeePass format. Then you could use your regular file synchronization tool to synchronize the database files. You could also use a P2P sync tool like Syncthing. (Of course this makes more sense if you already have some kind of file sync setup.)

[1] https://www.passwordstore.org/

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jimmydorry4y ago

That would be roughly equivalent to lastpass then.

t0astbreadOP4y ago

How so? The password database is still encrypted with a master password which is completely independent of the file sync mechanism. So the master password is not involved in anything network-facing.

jimmydorry4y ago

Lastpass simply downloads your password database as an encrypted blob which you unlock locally with your master password. The fact that this unlocking is somewhat automated does not change the fact that it acts identically to your proposed solution.

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0 pointst0astbread4y ago0 comments

[1] https://www.passwordstore.org/

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jimmydorry4y ago

That would be roughly equivalent to lastpass then.

t0astbreadOP4y ago

How so? The password database is still encrypted with a master password which is completely independent of the file sync mechanism. So the master password is not involved in anything network-facing.

jimmydorry4y ago

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