Episode 10: The BEST Password Managers Compared!
Apetech Website: https://www.apetech.me/ https://anchor.fm/apetech/message Email: letschat@apetech.me. Twitter: @apetechda I’ll be reviewing the following 4 password managers. Lastpass 1Password Bitwarden Strongbox Security Policy: LastPass: https://www.lastpass.com/security/what-if-lastpass-gets-hacked 1Password: https://support.1password.com/1password-security/#:~:text=Your%201Password%20data%20is%20kept,cryptographically%20secure%20pseudorandom%20number%20generators. BitWarden: https://bitwarden.com/blog/post/vault-security-bitwarden-password-manager/#:~:text=Bitwarden%20uses%20end%2Dto%2Dend,password%20can%20decrypt%20your%20vault.&text=Since%20your%20data%20is%20fully,store%20encrypted%20and%20hashed%20data. Strongbox: https://strongboxsafe.com/ Getting Started/Initial Thoughts: Lastpass - Easy to get started. Prompts 2FA if you log in from a new location. You can create the following secure items: See screenshot. Alternatively, when you visit a website that requires a password, LastPass notification pops up if you want to add. It’s best to use the popup because it saves metadata that manually entering passwords doesn’t do. I really like it. But maybe it’s because the interface is red and red is my favorite color 1Password - Chrome extension. Web interface is not as intuitive, but once you have a vault set up, you can add items. Has a built in password generator and audits your existing stored browser passwords. Tells you which ones you should change because passwords might be compromised. Bitwarden - Clean and simple interface. You get down to the brass tax right away. Very intuitive because they store your passwords. This is a password manager. Nothing special. No bells or whistles. You just get a tool to store your passwords and a few other things. Command line interface available and you can host bitwarden on your own server so you don’t have to go to the cloud. Strongbox - Accidentally installed Strongpass. Realized my mistake and then downloaded the right one. Please note that this is only an iOS or Mac app. I really don’t like that there’s no web interface. The app has a ton of features and is open source, but you need to use an apple based app. Lastpass - This is the one I’m keeping. It offers the most features. The Free version covers everything I would need. 1Password - I didn’t really like the interface, but other than that it’s very close to LastPass. Bitwarden - If I only want passwords, this would be my go to. I just felt it’s missing too many features. Strongbox - Too limited. Only works on iOS and Macs. I live on all types of devices. Not for me.