So it works perfectly on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It’s a community-driven fork of the now defunct KeePassX, which was aimed at being a multi-platform version of KeePass.
The particular flavor of KeePass I’m using is called KeePassXC. It does pretty much everything LastPass does (or the other way around depending on your point of view), albeit with a less fancy UI and a less “automated” process. Speaking of which, KeePass uses AES, TwoFish or ChaCha20 as cipher for the database, and the passwords it contains are protected in memory.
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Besides the usual username/password combo, you can specify custom fields, and even attach files to your password database. The interface shows its age, but its ease of use and the security features it offers has been proven multiple times. KeePass Password Safe has been around for 13 years. It was time for something new, or in this case something old. But for me, what was once a really good tool to use had become a burden. If you’re not tech savvy, it’s still an amazing product, and it’s way better than using nothing or that old post-it note that’s on your computer screen. It often saves uselessly complicated URLs that are generated during the signup process, making a lot of its database entries dirty. It has some difficulties dealing with websites which make use of AJAX requests. Or when I’d use the password generator, it didn’t necessarily register it properly. Often, the browser extension does not catch the proper fields for the username/password combo. While I’m all for it, as it draws more and more people to being safer on the web, it can result in really annoying results under the hood. Besides LastPass has made some changes to its UI, and is focusing more and more on being as easy to use as possible, and in a way as “opaque” as possible. In the end it was starting to become a burden. Therefor, since LastPass automatically logs out whenever a new session is opened somewhere else, I also had to use my Yubikey multiple times per day, even per hour. I usually have to log into my LastPass account several times a day, as I’m using several web browsers, with sometimes several profiles per browser. My setup was somewhat secure, but the convenience wasn’t there anymore. You see, the problem with computer security is that you always have to find the proper balance between how safe you need to be and the convenience of day to day usage. However, after a long consideration, I’ve recently chosen to say goodbye to LastPass and continue my journey with another solution. I used to log into my account using two-factor authentication: my Master Password and a Yubikey, and it’s been working flawlessly for years. I’ve been a happy Premium member ever since, and even though it’s had a few hiccups (in 2015 and in 2017), they’ve been pretty transparent about the situation each time and I chose to keep trusting them. Yes, that happened.įor the past four years or so, my password manager of choice has been LastPass. That was, of course, I didn’t faint learning that my friend or relative is using the same 7 letters password for absolutely EVERYTHING, “oh and it’s * hunter2*, I don’t mind telling you, I have nothing to hide”. This was usually followed by a 20 minutes speech about how unsecure their digital life was and a desperate attempt at convincing them that MUST use a password manager. You can ask pretty much anyone in my family or amongst my friends, there was a time where I * had* to ask the question “By the way, what do you use to store your passwords?”.
I’ve been a fervent advocate of password managers for years.
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