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Why self host a password manager? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 month ago by el_abuelo@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm going to move away from lastpass because the user experience is pretty fucking shit. I was going to look at 1pass as I use it a lot at work and so know it. However I have heard a lot of praise for BitWarden and VaultWarden on here and so probably going to try them out first.

My questions are to those of you who self-host, firstly: why?

And how do you mitigate the risk of your internet going down at home and blocking your access while away?

BitWarden's paid tier is only $10 a year which I'm happy to pay to support a decent service, but im curious about the benefits of the above. I already run syncthing on a pi so adding a password manager wouldn't need any additional hardware.

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Firefox has a built in password manager, it is stored on each machine you sync. But to anwer your question any cloud stored data is vulnerable, so be sure your password manager supports other verification measures such as Yubikey as another factor of authentication

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 month ago

I self-host Vaultwarden but I use a VPS where I keep things stable. My VPSes run Debian Stable and have unattended-upgrades installed and configured to automatically install security updates. My home server runs Unraid and is more experimental - I'm not running anything of critical importance on it.

[–] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Self-hosting removes the risk of somebody compromising Bitwarden’s servers and adding malicious javascript to send off your master password to a bad actor instead of just processing it locally like it’s designed to.

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the chances of such a breach are vanishingly small. I wonder if I'm right though.

I think anyone capable of pulling off such a feat is not interested in my data, and probably more likely looking for government employee access etc..

[–] conorab@lemmy.conorab.com 1 points 1 month ago

They don’t need to be interested though. You could conceivably dump all the password you collect in an attack and just start trying them automatically like you would any other breach. Find a bunch of bank accounts and your chances you getting away with millions are high. Not to mention: a breach like this means changing all your saved passwords to re-secure them which is a multi-day affair.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Premium features for free. There are no benefits in relying on a third-party

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Well 'no benefits' is a bit of a stretch.

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