Opinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others?

NewYorkRush@lemmy.ca to Android@lemmy.world – 1150 points –
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Lots of love for Bitwarden in this thread; I’d also like to pitch in with 1Password. It’s got a great UX and I even got my mom on board.

Used to use Lastpass since ~2013; really glad I switched last year. Lastpass has turned to absolute shit.

Also putting in a good word for 1password, got the family plan and it's honestly not that expensive. Well worth it especially for sharing passwords. Don't need to text them back and forth anymore.

Same, switching from LastPass to 1Password within the last year.

Question: does it annoy you how often you have to type the Master Password into 1Password? I feel like they really need to enable a "don't prompt on this computer" option. Granted it's less secure, but since the machine I use most is a desktop computer in a secure location, that's a choice I'd like to make for myself. As it is now, I have my Master Password displaying in an always-open text document which is a terrible alternative.

You can configure when 1Password auto-locks and there by requires login again.

It will still requires periodic login, but you can minimize it to 1 time per reboot if you want.

Regarding the android app, then they should be working on a pincode solution.

AH! Thank you so much! I think this may be an option they've added recently. So glad to have that ability now!

I removed the setting that required login if the computer was locked and configured it to be unlocked for 8 hours.

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I moved over from Lastpass to Bitwarden about 4 or 5 years ago. From a user and UI experience, the apps are almost identical, except Bitwarden is themed blue, instead of red. I use 1pass for work, but I feel their UI is a little more clunky, I still Bitwarden over it, personally.

With that said, any password manager is better than no password manager (except Last Pass... fuck those guys)