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0 pointslumb633y ago0 comments

I use KeePass. It’s up to you to sync passwords and they’re stored locally. I see those as features despite that they’re inconvenient.

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noirscape3y ago

Another advantage to KeePass is that there's about half a million clients and most are actually written to be used for their platforms.

Lots of more "modern" password managers (as well as generally other software) kinda suffer from having this weird mixed mobile and desktop interface, inheriting all the downsides of each interface while gaining the advantages of neither. (Not to mention all the issues with porting stuff between two different OSes; Mac and Windows have completely different ideas on what an interface should look like.)

KeePass's official client being windows-only is a blessing in disguise since it means that each client developer can specifically focus on making it look good on whatever specific platform they're targeting.

qwerpy3y ago

I use cloud storage to store the kdbx file and sync it across a PC and my phone. It’s pretty awesome 99% of the time and just works. Once in a while you get a merge conflict and it’s not so good.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF3y ago

Even merge conflicts have been a lot better for me in recent years. My only worry with KeePass is that I have to rely on potentially sketchy client applications but I'm also fortunate enough to have the skills to make my own if I really felt the need. It's one of the few "not-my-solution" pieces of software which continually gives me a sense of data ownership.

lumb63OP3y ago

I run an SSH server on my laptop and SFTP it to my phone via Strongbox when I’m local.

jimt12343y ago

I love Bitwarden. I've been a customer for years. Great product. Great team. However, I recently quit for this exact reason (evil VC influence), and migrated all of my secrets to KeePass. Yes, a slight inconvenience to manually sync across devices, but I sleep better at night knowing my secrets are no longer in the hands of some VC suit.

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