Strangely Brown wrote:I use 1Password, but not the subscription service.
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I looked at their website and it appears to be a paid service now for anything? If I have to pay, probably stick with LastPass. Better the devil....
Strangely Brown wrote:I use 1Password, but not the subscription service.
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jont- wrote::No guarantee bitwarden won't go down the same route
Strangely Brown wrote:The free version of Bitwarden does not support TOTP so you'll need a separate app for that.
There are many free solutions, any one of which may meet the OP's needs, but if you want a full featured solution then, unfortunately, you have to pay. That does not mean that you have to go down a subscription route or host your data in "their cloud" but you there is a cost.
Think about what you are dealing with and what you are protecting and weigh that against the cost of the software. Developers have to eat too.
Strangely Brown wrote:As I am sure you already know, but for the benefit of others who may not:
TOTP - Time-based One-Time Passwords - Fairly ubiquitous for 2FA, which you should be using if it is available, and it is greatly eased by a password manager that supports it well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-base ... e_Password
It is known in BitWarden as "Authenticator Keys"...
https://bitwarden.com/help/article/authenticator-keys/
...but not available in the free version.
There is a lot of superb free software out there, much of it far superior to commercial offerings, and, all else being equal, I would choose the zero-cost option every time. However, in some areas, functionality and convenience costs.
You pays yer money, you takes yer choice.
Strangely Brown wrote:TOTP is a second factor. It is most commonly seen as something like the "Google Authenticator" app or the Microsoft equivalent but you may also have seen some people use an RSA keyfob which displays a six digit code that updates every 30 seconds. They are all TOTP.
Sending a code to your phone is just a different form of the "second factor" but they are both OTP (one-time passwords).
There is often a choice of second factor available to the end-user so you should pick whichever works best for you and the importance is much more that you have 2FA (where available) than the type.
jont- wrote:Well, a few days into Bitwarden and it seems to be working well for me. Only niggle is that I haven't found a way to get it to autopopulate forms in the way Lastpass would, I have to click on the browser extension button to copy the password.
Also, while Lastpass would cache your browser master password login for a number of days, BW prompts each time I restart the browser. Still, it's probably worth $10 a year so I'll probably pay up for premium.
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