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Will never understand why people use managed password management services when things like the KeePass KDBX format exist.
by sureglymop 4y ago
Will never understand why people use managed password management services when things like the KeePass KDBX format exist.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoBasically the entire password manager space is the result of "security fatigue". Telling everyone that every single unimportant website they log into requires a unique high security password makes people use bad solutions that make their security worse, like storing all their passwords in a cloud-based single point of failure.
- winphone1974 4y agoMultiple devices? Central management? I use KeePass so I don't know, but I assume there are valid reasons
- system2 4y agoYou can use KeePassium for mobile, store your kdbx file on ftp or google drive. Not difficult. Takes only one time setup then all good for life.
- hprotagonist 4y agowhen you have an employee leave your company can you reroll or disable all their work account passwords in keepass? (no; this is good for the user and not useful for the org, but that’s the use case.)
- olyjohn 4y agoIf I were going to steal passwords for my company, I'd steal them before I quit / got fired or did something illegal.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoYes. Because their passwords should be linked only to their own work accounts and not be shared passwords. Even if you used lastpass at work, nothing stops an employee from storing it again somewhere else.
- fknorangesite 4y agoIf you wish to understand, all you have to do is ask someone outside the hn-tech-bubble.
- system2 4y ago"someone outside the hn-tech-bubble" saves their passwords in excel sheet without protection.
- xboxnolifes 4y agoThat's not far enough outside the bubble. People just reuse passwords, or add a suffix to a base password, or forget their passwords and email reset each login.