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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (13 children)

just adding that granted FF already has a decent password manager there are also reliable, free and open source and audited independent password manager like as

  • Bitwarden (remote service as basic or premium plan, optionally self hosted, user friendly service, very likely has some account migration wizard tool to help importing data from browsers) and
  • KeepassXC (local, user managed, a bit techy)

which both can plug in any browser through their respective extension.

Being both an independent option from the browser they help the user not making him vendor locked to his browser through his saved data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Plot twist: Bitwarden on desktop is Chromium browser based.

Still can be used in FF as plugin.

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

Good to know! I've never installed bitwarden desktop and always used the Firefox extension. I just recently found out that Bitwarden has a desktop app. I was thinking of trying it out, until I read your comment. I think I'll just stick with the extension. Thank you for your TED talk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's nothing special about it. It's just the extension in a larger format. I've tried to use it a few times, but there's no gain over the extension. And, typically the extension is better because I already have my browser open, so I don't need to open a new app.

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