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[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 79 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If we didn't already have the perfect option that is bitwarden I would probably go for this. But there's really no reason to switch away from bitwarden to this. It's open source, gets regularly publicly audited, and nothing ever leaves your device unencrypted. So even if they had their data center broken into and all machines stolen physically I wouldn't have to worry about my passwords

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 8 points 5 months ago

Bitwarden is too functional and too affordable for me to really consider moving.

[–] whodoctor11@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

I use both. Proton pass is good because you can create, free of charge, up to 10 aliases for your proton mail account.

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[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 26 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Does the creative commons licence at the end of every comment really do anything? Are you going to do anything about it if someone doesn't respect the permissions you've laid out?

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[–] asap@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

To add onto what Andromxda said, SimpleLogin is included with your Proton account (might be paid accounts only).

Use it with a custom domain - it's amazing and if Proton Mail ever shuts down you won't have to migrate any of your logins because they're already on your own domain.

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[–] QuizzaciousOtter@lemm.ee 42 points 5 months ago

I'll stick with KeePassXC but I'm still very happy to see them remembering about Linux. I hope Drive will be next, this is something I'm really waiting for.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Damn, I thought for some unknown ungodly reason Valve implemented something like game pass for Proton.

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

Shhhhh, don't give them ideas!

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 36 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I'm very skeptical about online cloud-based password managers. I don't trust that at all. I still prefer to use a local off-line password manager like KeePassXC.

[–] ChiefGhost295@lemmy.one 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Since the vault is end-to-end encrypted, it shouldn’t matter where it is hosted, even if it is in the cloud. Here is what a security researcher and a password cracker Jeremy M. Gosney has said about this after the LastPass incident.

”Is the cloud the problem? No. The vast majority of issues LastPass has had have nothing to do with the fact that it is a cloud-based solution. Further, consider the fact that the threat model for a cloud-based password management solution should *start* with the vault being compromised. In fact, if password management is done correctly, I should be able to host my vault anywhere, even openly downloadable (open S3 bucket, unauthenticated HTTPS, etc.) without concern. I wouldn't do that, of course, but the point is the vault should be just that -- a vault, not a lockbox.”

[–] mino@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What is your threatmodel here?

The problem for me with completely self hosting it is that it'll be relatively hard to get my backup, availability and sync requirements satisfied without a lot of effort.

Whereas I trust encryption in theory enough to hand my encrypted data to anyone. If the implementation is properly audited then I also trust that.

Most of my passwords are for accounts with 2fa anyway so even if both the storage leak and the encryption turn out to be subpar my threatmodel is still not violated.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

If self-hosting makes you feel better about it, Vaultwarden exists for the Bitwarden client.

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[–] daddyjones@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How is this better than the alternatives?

[–] krysel@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It‘s probably not but if you are in their ecosystem you might as well use it.

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An alternative is to keep your eggs somewhat separated so that you don't end up in a locked in situation if their services deteriorate over the years, giving you an easier escape in that scenario.

Yep! That’s what I do. I use just about everything else in Proton’s ecosystem, but I choose to use Bitwarden as my password manager. Just feels like better practice to not be wholly dependent on Proton for all my security.

[–] asap@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I'm in their ecosystem but specifically don't use it, as it seems extraordinarily unsafe to put my passwords behind the same authentication that I use just to check my email.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you have a paid plan you can generate SimpleLogin aliases directly when generating a login on a webpage. It's a very nice feature.

[–] asap@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Bitwarden also integrates SimpleLogin for one-click alias generation.

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[–] franzcoz@feddit.cl 10 points 5 months ago (7 children)

What I like about Proton Pass is the aliases for your email, they are one of the neatest features I have seen in the last time, even firefox now has that feature

[–] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago (4 children)
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[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

This is all I want to know. If yes, I'll pass.

[–] entropicshart@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Still no plans/pricing for Proton Pass Family (only the full proton suite).

Proton is missing many users with this simple lack of effort; not everyone wants drive, vpn, etc.

Some folks just want a password manager for the immediate and extended family; and often times we are willing to just pay a few bucks extra per month and not worry about helping these people after they get hacked, due to terrible passwords.

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well,.Bitwarden is here for you. You can even self host Bitwarden and skip fees all together if you feel so inclined at some point.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I find password sharing between family or others poor on bitwarden. It segments all the password vaults and then defaults all new into one. Very hard to change. It would be better to be able to choose zones or similar for sharing so I could have a personal vault, a family vault and a work vault and able to access all seamlessly. I would own all but be able to share as appropriate.

While this is possible to do its not seamless.

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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

As scientists, we know that transparency and peer review lead to better security.

What? App developers are scientists now?

I know this originally came from CERN, but I find it hard to believe those same folks are working on this now.

[–] Para_lyzed@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

While I don't particularly agree with the sentiment, those in the field of Computer Science could be argued to be "scientists", though often not in the classical sense. As a Computer Science major myself, I would never consider myself a "scientist" in the classical definition of the term. Those involved in actual research, yes, though that does not describe me despite the title of my Bachelor's. I would consider those involved in the theoretical side of Computer Science to be more akin to mathematicians, as most of the theory is based in mathematical proofs and models (take for instance the field describing formal computational models as a means to defining how computers operate, and how effective specific algorithms are in that context). Though I could understand the argument that those involved heavily in the theoretical side of Computer Science may be considered scientists, given their similarity to theoretical physicists. In that sense, there is also active experimentation to test hypotheses about algorithmic runtime. It's a fascinating niche of Computer Science that I studied briefly in university, but likely will not be pursuing in the future.

Generally those involved with active development of commercial software don't fit into that category, though. It's very much a question of semantics.

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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The last big feature missing for me now is support for SSH keys with an SSH agent. This is such a great feature of 1Password and I use it daily. Can't switch before that, even though Proton Pass is already included in my Proton subscription.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why switch from 1Password? One less subscription? Suspicion about 1Password enshitification? Something else?

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[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it's as bad as their VPN app for Linux hard pass.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just use wireguard directly, no need for an app

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I do use wireguard. Mostly because the proton app for linux is so bad.

Look into how they have you setup port forwarding on linux using the official app. They want you to open a terminal and keep a looped script running as long as you are using it.

Not only that but when I was testing it the script would start erroring out after about 5 min requiring a restart.

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