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My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dbilitated@aussie.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] bappity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I cannot stop reading it as keep ass

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use KeePassXC on my laptop, KeePassDX on my phone and sync them with Syncthing.

This ia pretty sweet

[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not bothered about the potential for keyloggers or even OS-level snooping on what is presumably your privacy-free Android device? Personally I would never type the master password into anything other than a computer running a FOSS stack that I control, but perhaps that is excessive caution.

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 1 year ago

Well, there is a limit to my paranoid. It's really hard to find a sweet spot between security and practicality.

I found mine with this settings I said

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe a silly question, but since I am considering making the jump to a password manager too, I am curious:

If I have a selfhosted server at home that is not connected to the public internet, can I still ise Keepass? Does it have to constantly sync with the server or is it enough that when I get home my passwords are syncing? Could that be a problem?

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You have your local replica of the database on your device and once you're home or can connect to your home server (through VPN, for example) it will sync with the remote database. I used to have synthing running for this and it worked without issues.