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My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don't really want to hand all my keys over to a company.

All my secrets have been going in a highly encrypted archive with a long passphrase, but obviously that isn't convenient on all devices. It's been fine, I can open it on any computer but it's not super quick. It does have the advantage of being able to put in multiple files, notes, private keys but it's not ideal.

Anyway, finally found something that isn't subscription, and has a similar philosophy - a highly encrypted archive file, and it's open source and has heaps of clients including web browser plugins so it's usable anywhere, and you can sync the vault with any file sync you like.

Thought you guys might appreciate the find, password managers have always been a bit of a catch 22 for me.

Note for android i found keepassxc the best app, and i'm using KeePassHelper browser plugin, and the KeePassXc desktop app as well as the free official one. Apps all seem to be cross platform.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can have keepass on a USB drive, an exe version that doesn't require install, along with your db.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sure can.

But that's not perfect.
Often businesses will lock down their computers to prevent unauthorized software from running at all, not just installing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And not lock down random external sites they see a user visiting every day that aren't related to their work functions? Sounds like the SOC needs to get better at their monitoring.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In my experience, locking down non-work sites is much less common than locking down USB devices and unknown executables. USB devices and random executables are more of a security risk as a USB drive can be used to exfiltrate data very quickly while an executable could contain ransomware, other malware, keyloggers, etc. Sites are sandboxed and limited in terms of what they can do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Like the other commenter said, typically websites are less locked down.

It's simpler to sandbox the browser and prevent unauthorized software from running than to block out most of the Internet and deal with complaints all day about the web restrictions