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> storing passwords in encrypted files Which you almost certainly access with some kind of software, yes? A password manager is just a piece of software that
by torstenvl 5y ago
> storing passwords in encrypted files
Which you almost certainly access with some kind of software, yes?
A password manager is just a piece of software that stores passwords in encrypted files, and makes it more convenient to edit them, associate them with a website, use them to log in, check them against known breaches, etc.
- antoineMoPa 5y agoI think local open source password management software that you run on your machine are more trustable and less likely to be the subject of a big targeted attack than a cloud tool. So just to be clear, I am not advocating against Keepass or similar, only web tools with thousands of users.
- torstenvl 5y agoFair. I moved from 1Password to Enpass when the former started pushing cloud big time. Enpass isn't open source but it's open... implementation details? There isn't a formal spec or standard but they were very forthcoming about how their encrypted SQLite implementation works and there are now open source third-party CLIs for it. https://github.com/hazcod/enpass-cli https://github.com/hazcod/enpass-cli