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"Password manager" used to mean a program that runs locally on your computer. At some point people started making it into a SaaS, because that's more profitable

"Password manager" used to mean a program that runs locally on your computer. At some point people started making it into a SaaS, because that's more profitable. I do think there are some cases where an online password manager makes sense, e.g. for businesses, but for individuals it's better to just stick with an offline password manager, at least for the high value accounts.

pdimitar 4mo ago
You can and should have the best of both worlds. Using Enpass, the program _is_ local, it just backs up the entire database (encrypted SQLite3) to a cloud. But if even that is too much then f.ex. `keepass` + a scheduled script to periodically backup to your own servers is also perfectly viable.
panick21_ 4mo ago
It became SaaS because its more practical when you have many devices or many users.
NoMoreNicksLeft 4mo ago
>At some point people started making it into a SaaS, because Wait. That's a thing? Like, there are drooling, mouth-breathing stooges out there that would trust not just one of their passwords to such a thing, but all their passwords to it?
- mkayokay 4mo ago
  heavy mouth-breathing
- Biganon 4mo ago
  Are you sarcastic, or do you not realize your vault is encrypted with your master password and never readable to the service?
gitaarik 4mo ago
What if your drive crashes and you lose all your passwords? How do I reach my passwords from multiple devices and keep them synchronized securely? Sure you can self-host all of it also, but people like to pay for not having to do that.