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[–] HorseFD@lemmy.buzz 1 points 1 year ago

Has anyone tried it yet? Two downsides for me:

  • there's no desktop app
  • there's no Safari desktop extension (I know most people don't care about this)

It's also more expensive than Bitwarden even at €1/mth

[–] Distributed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish that proton would focus on the depth of their present stack, as opposed to breadth.

I've been begging for rclone support for proton drive for a long time now.. without it, I basically have 1tb sitting there useless.

[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago

Same thoughts here. ProtonVPN under Linux is very poorly supported.

[–] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the app is great, but I am not a fan of putting all my eggs in the same basket. I will keep using Bitwarden for the time being.

[–] Jarmer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Same here. I'm fine using Proton for my mail & drive, but I also like keeping my passwords separate in bitwarden, and my 2fa separate in my raivo. A healthy separation is good.

[–] neardeaf@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I’m a faithful Bitwarden user. No need to switch

[–] Generator@lemmy.pt 0 points 1 year ago

2FA is a paid feature!

[–] moxival@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does 2FA authenticator mean? Is it a vault to store your 2FA seeds?

[–] noodlejetski@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, although using a password manager as a 2FA provider sort of negates the "2F" part.

[–] AgileBed@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Depends. I use 1Password and let it store all my 2FA, because my 1Password login is secured with another 2FA.

[–] Harrison@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m all for open source alternatives to bitwarden but this is non competitive with a mandatory subscription fee. Bitwarden is completely free for most users.

[–] ram@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I thought the same thing but it actually does have a limited free plan. Seems like, similar to BW, it restricts 2FA behind the pass, but also with the pass you get unlimited hide-my-email aliases, multiple vaults to organize in (I don't know what this means), and eventually autofill credit cards.

This is quite a bit more expensive than BW's paid plan though. Not sure what all differences it has to BW otherwise.

[–] narwhal@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Any strong reasons to switch from KeePassXC?