Hy,

In your opinion do you prefer Bitwarden or Proton Pass and why?

It seems proton pass have better integration with Firefox.

Good and bad?

Thanks.

  • plz1
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    131 year ago

    Bitwarden isn’t a brand new solution. I don’t understand the comment in Firefox, though, Bitwarden has no issues with it that I’ve found.

    • @asap@lemmy.world
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      There are issues with Firefox private browsing windows that don’t happen in Chrome. Quoting their help article:

      • Your vault will lock every time the browser extension closes, unless you set vault timeout to Never.
      • Unlock with PIN will work only if the Lock with master password on browser restart option is not selected.
      • The badge icon will not update to show vault state (locked or unlocked).

      Not huge issues, but definitely annoying on a daily basis.

      • Atemu
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        11 year ago

        I don’t have experience with the second point but the other two don’t happen to me; it works as it should.

        • @asap@lemmy.world
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          Really? With Firefox in a Private browsing window - are you certain?

          Here’s mine, with the vault currently locked, but not showing any locked state (point 3):

          And for point 1, just unlock the dropdown extension, exit the extension window, then click on the icon again. It will be re-locked when it shouldn’t.

          If you’re really not seeing this, would you mind telling me how you fixed it?

          • Atemu
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            21 year ago

            I missed that you said in private tabs. I can reproduce it there but BW also says that private tabs support is still experimental when you try to do it.

    • gian
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      11 year ago

      To be honest, also Proton Pass is pretty new

  • @dorkian_gray@lemmy.world
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    111 year ago

    I love Proton but I don’t use their password manager because I use Proton for email (and calendar, and VPN, and cloud storage). If my email gets compromised somehow, I don’t want my password manager compromised too.

      • @Trapping5341@lemmy.world
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        11 year ago

        Just got an email from proton today about their “lifetime deal” for proton pass I currently use bitwarden and Firefox relay but I’ve been debating trying to drop my Gmail account and switch everything to my proton account. Thinking it would be silly to pay Firefox $12 a year just for relay when I can get that and more from proton for the same price.

        All of that to say how exactly does the email alias work and can I set a custom email subdomain to just have an alias get created whenever an email is sent to the email I give someone without me having to go manually create it?

    • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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      31 year ago

      No sir, I did this for years. I used Kypass on my iPhone so I could use my passwords on my phone as well. I ended up switching to Bitwarden for easier 2FA implementation and granular password sharing rather than having to share my whole vault or manage a separated shared vault

        • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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          11 year ago

          I use Bitwarden with DUO as my Authenticator app. I know that you can set up keepass with 2FA via an extension but I didn’t find it as portable with my existing apps which is why I decided to make the switch

    • Atemu
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      31 year ago

      It works but partitions can and will happen and a merge afterwards is non-trivial AFAIK.

  • @havuq@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I like Bitwarden because I can host my own server and control it all. Not sure if the other service does set-hosting. Maybe you can do the same with that?

    • vortic
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      31 year ago

      I’ve been thinking of setting up my own server. Does hosting your own server feel secure? I feel capable of setting up my own server but I’m not sure if I trust myself to secure it appropriately.

      • @havuq@lemmy.world
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        21 year ago

        Yes, it’s secure and of course can be further secured by other services, like vpn and scanners and such. I front my stuff with Cloudflare certs on their free tier as well.

        Just use complex passwords for the admin and logins. They also support two-factor authentication which is easy to setup.

  • @parachaye@lemmy.world
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    101 year ago

    Been a longtime user of Bitwarden (free, and over the last year paid). It’s a straightforward/good but a bit boring UI, connects very well and easily into browser, phone etc. Works well, highly recommended, and having 2FA on paid version is awesome.

    Been trying out Proton Pass for the last few days since I already pay for Proton Unlimited. It’s got a good UI and so far it’s been working well in Firefox and on my phone. It’s much better integration with Simple Login features so I like the slightly more seemless sign-up ability. It’s not 100% feature parity with Bitwarden paid though.

    Bottom line - I prefer proton pass as a heavy proton user already BUT if I just wanted a standalone password manager, Bitwarden is probably better. Both are good options though, and competition is good.

  • gian
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    21 year ago

    If you already use some other Proton services, Proton Pass may be an option.

  • @AlGoreRhythm@lemmy.world
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    -51 year ago

    The hard on’s y’all get for password managers, and the Firefox circlejerks is baffling. Leads me to believe these “federated” instances have a double entendre everyone glosses over because of their shiny new toys.

    • @minishoemaze@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      I use random passwords for every account and using a password manager is the best way I’ve found to manage that. Is there another method that you prefer?

      • @AlGoreRhythm@lemmy.world
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        21 year ago

        I get it, and they definitely make things easier on people. But how many times have we seen instances of people abusing their custodial privileges? My gripe is with the push I’ve seen to get people using these tools, more than the existence of them in general. Mnemonic techniques to remember your passwords will always be superior from a security perspective. It’s the same as crypto, “not your keys, not your coins.”

        • @minishoemaze@lemmy.world
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          21 year ago

          That’s a good point, thanks for explaining. Something I try to remember is that you not only have to trust the company who’s managing your data, but you also have to trust them to protect it from bad actors.

          I’m trusting Bitwarden for now, but eventually I’d like to move to a self-hosted option like Vaultwarden. I think that’s the best way to go if you’re confident in administering it.

  • @Pechente@feddit.de
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    11 year ago

    Bitwarden has better features and more clients are available for it. Proton Pass doesn’t offer anything that Bitwarden does not except for a slightly nicer looking browser extension and mobile client.

    I have access to both and tested them recently, so I think I got a pretty good picture of them both.

  • @DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    Just started trying to use bitwarden since the LastPass breach, and importing has been a nightmare

    Can’t seem to get lastpass export to work.

  • @zaph@lemmy.world
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    31 year ago

    I think it depends on the mobile device you use. I’ve read that proton is better on iPhone and bitwarden doesn’t integrate that well with it but it’s seamless on android. I also haven’t had any issues with bitwarden and Firefox and they’ve been my combo since I started using bitwarden a couple years ago. I haven’t given proton pass a full on try yet though and I pay both companies for their awesome services so I’m a bit of a shill for both. I don’t think you can make a bad choice here.

    • @garretble@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      I use Bitwarden on iOS and have for years now. I have never run into any major issues. Occasionally I’ll have to jump out to the Bitwarden app to copy a password but that’s usually because the website I’m trying to log into has their form set up weird/wrong.

  • @ProIsh@lemmy.world
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    11 year ago

    I love bitwarden. I don’t use Firefox though. Any password manager you hold the keys on is good though. Used a few years now

  • @backseat@lemmy.world
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    61 year ago

    I’ve never used Proton Pass so I can’t comment on which is better. However, my wife and I have both used Bitwarden for a number of years and have no complaints. Works with Brave, Chrome, Firefox; works on Linux, Mac and Android. We don’t have Windows or iPhone so can’t comment on those. We can share selected passwords between us.

    And it all just works.

    • @AttackBunny@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Works great with iPhone. It gets a little angsty when you have the Apple keychain or whatever it’s called activated sometimes. Honestly it is just a matter of selecting which to use, but the software gets a little confused sometimes.