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Topic subjectBest Password Manager/Authenticator?
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13514946, Best Password Manager/Authenticator?
Posted by Damali, Fri Dec-13-24 12:49 PM
ok i'm finally gonna lean into to a password manager app, but i have no idea which to choose. i just need something easy to use, Android friendly and not crazy expensive (if its more than $5 a month, its a no)

any recs?

d


"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz
"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
13514948, I use google and Microsoft authenticators
Posted by luminous, Fri Dec-13-24 12:54 PM
13514953, RE: Best Password Manager/Authenticator?
Posted by ericsaywhat, Fri Dec-13-24 01:56 PM
Bitwarden is great and the free plan will probably cover 90% of what you need it to do. Paid plan ($1/mo, but billed as $10 annual) is affordable and will also enable you to use it as a 2FA authenticator

Another popular option is 1password, which is paid $3/mo

Aegis is probably the best 2FA on Android, and is free

Maybe just avoid Authy and LastPass as they've had security issues recently
13515247, excellent..thanks!!
Posted by Damali, Wed Dec-18-24 04:16 PM

"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz
"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
13514956, authenticators - probably microsoft or google.
Posted by tariqhu, Fri Dec-13-24 02:40 PM
for password manager, dashlane is pretty good.
13515002, Authenticator? make sure to have a backup device; Password Manager?
Posted by nonaime, Sat Dec-14-24 10:31 AM
Some offer bells and whistles that aren't necessary to create and store secure passwords/passphrases;other than that, you're talking about commodity security applications (as far as most people are concerned / care).

But it's more about how you use them as a user than anything else. Use a strong master passphrase, use 2fa,jack up the iteration count (there should be a security option to do this)...and have a plan to monitor and change passwords when (not if) your solution gets hacked (but the pros outweighs this risk)
13515216, I used 1password back when it was free... now I just use..
Posted by KnowOne, Wed Dec-18-24 09:08 AM
the built in iphone password manager. And I have windows authenticator for the 2 or 3 things I need 2 factor for.
13515221, I still use 1Password, I think if you lean heavily Google or apple
Posted by Rjcc, Wed Dec-18-24 11:28 AM
their first party managers are really solid options


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
13515319, Bitwarden and Google sheets.
Posted by Kira, Sat Dec-21-24 01:30 AM
Bitwarden to randomly generate the password and google sheets to store the password both are free.
13515327, for work we always used keepass
Posted by Effa, Sat Dec-21-24 01:52 PM
because the cloud was a dirty word. now we use 1password and i dont like it. yea it auto fills etc but it will totally butcher URLS and its more work to fix then just taking the extra steps with keepass.

i would just try all the free ones if you aren't worried about security.
13515331, start by ditching android
Posted by FLUIDJ, Sun Dec-22-24 01:44 PM
I use apple's password app on my Mac and Surface Pro.
not sure if it's available for android yet.

If you can't ditch android, Google's password manager app is decent.
13515396, i'm considering this for my next phone
Posted by Damali, Wed Dec-25-24 08:43 PM
Samsung phones made me leave apple..i also love the Pixel phones but i've fallen out of love with Google. I'm looking to de-Google my life

we're doing this at my job so if its successful, i'll do it personally too.

d

"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz
"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
13515365, Bitwarden just works. Plus no breaches yet unlike 1Password
Posted by kwez, Tue Dec-24-24 08:09 AM
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13515397, yes, Bitwarden it is
Posted by Damali, Wed Dec-25-24 08:43 PM

"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz
"But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly