Password Managers

[Roger M. Jenson]

Having close to 400 login accounts is a real problem without a password
manager. I have used KeePass for many years because it is Open Source
and available on the platforms that I use. The KeePass encrypted
password database is located on the devices that use the application.
There is no synchronization to the cloud. Until today I was using
KeePassXC on my desktop & laptop computers, Keepass2Android on my
Android  phone,tablet, and Chromebook. I decided to try Bitwarden
because it is OpenSource, Cross Platform, and has a free version because
I need to be prepared to make a recommendation to my customers that I am
willing to support.

Bitwarden could not directly import the KeePassXC password database so I
had to export the KeePassXC database to a .csv file. I also had to
modify the .csv file column headers and column order to match what
Bitwarden expects. Once the password database was imported and verified
all I needed to do was install the Bitwarden application on my devices
and connect the apps to my Bitwarden account.

It's time to learn a new password manager application.

Having Fun,
Roger M. Jenson

[Tom]

I have been using Bitwarden (free) for about 4 months. I haven't much basis for comparison because I haven't used many other password managers. So far, Bitwarden works pretty well. I'm using browser plug-ins for autofill. There's some weirdness in my android client that I haven't tried to figure out yet, with respect to autofill.

 

My 0.02 euro.

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[Tom]

Here's an oldie but a goodie. What password manager are people using these days?

 

Back in 2022, there was some discussion of password managers. I have been using Bitwarden quite happily until this week, even evangelizing for it a bit.

 

It had everything I needed. Folders (no subfolders, but I didn't care about that.) Clients for Winders, Linux, Android, etc. Autofill. Encryptted cloud storage with cached local storage.

 

It just worked.

 

Not anymore. Now after an update to Firefox, it's acting so squirrelly, I don't think I can continue using it.

 

Because of all the recent (and not so recent) breaches, I started looking around for my creds out in the wild. I found them. The ATT breach appears to have exposed my SSN, and various others have exposed usernames and some passwords. So I set up accounts on the 4 (yes, 4) credit bureaus and after some thought, decided to freeze my credit reports.

 

Bitwarden threw away or lost the credentials for one of them. Now I have frozen credit at a bureau I can no longer access. I expect the recovery process to be more painful than the usual.

 

Before that, it would insist that a new credential I'd put into it was not present, though the desktop client said it was. The browser plug-in offers to add a password if you type credentials in a web page, so just for grins, I did that. I created a new credential set for the same web site, with identical information. So I logged out of the site and attempted to log in. Bitwarden says there is no matching credential. I did syncs, and compared old to new, but it's well and truly broken. No credentials I've added recently can be found, but all the old ones are fine.

 

Arrrg!!!!

 

To say I'm frustrated would understate it.

 

-T

 

 

 

 

At 10:51 AM 12/18/2022 -0600, Roger M. Jenson wrote:

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[Sean Malloy]

I've been using Bitwarden for a few years now. Luckily I've never run into the issue you are describing.

I'm anxiously awaiting Bitwarden to release passkey support as a GA feature. Last time I checked Bitwarden passkey support is still beta.

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[Roger M. Jenson]

Hello Tom,

Bitwarden deletes items in the trash can after 30 days. Other than that all I can say is that I have not experienced your issue.

I previously used KeePassXC and recommend it if you are willing to handle the backup and multi-device sync yourself.

Best Regards,
Roger M. Jenson

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