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Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bitwarden introduced a non-free dependency to their clients. The Bitwarden CTO tried to frame this as a bug but his explanation does not really make it any less concerning.

Perhaps it is time for alternative Bitwarden-compatible clients. An open source client that's not based on Electron would be nice. Or move to something else entirely? Are there any other client-server open source password managers?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Bitwarden is a very convenient password manager for an average computer user. It's very straightforward and easy to use.

I can see some bias here of the people who say "o, just use KeePass and sync the database over some cloud provider". What if there are conflicts? How do they deal with them? I can figure it our but most people I know, won't.

Even the password manager concept is a complicated concept to grasp for many people (that I know). And I can recommend them Bitwarden because it's relatively easy, but KeePass with sync? Maybe, if I commit to actively help them with it.

P.S. I've convinced several people to try out Linux, and they are willing to learn it, but even if they just need to use a browser, they struggle sometimes. I can't imagine them syncing the KeePass database.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Have got two of my family members onto bitwarden and even that is a lot for the tech-illiterate. Couldn't imagine Keepass+syncthing.

Ultimately, bitwarden is better than using hunter12 for everything like how they were.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Better than using what? All I see is a bunch of stars.

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