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Just wanted to say thank you for this thread (to the op and the responses) because over the last few days it prompted me to improve my password manager.
As mentioned earlier I've been running a KeePass 1.x database since 2005 on its own USB stick. Whilst very secure it wasn't always convenient, or useful for multiple devices. So over the weekend I've manually moved all the contents over to KeePass XC and Bitwarden. KeePass XC for important details I don't need that often (i.e. Steam, Bank etc.) and Bitwarden for websites and often used stuff.
Although I'm happy with both, the new experience with Bitwarden is good. I've never used another password manager so don't have experience of 1Password or LastPass. However Bitwarden seems to do the key basic things well and the core free functionality is very generous. Whilst I get 1Password is more mature and does certain things better I'm not sure I need that. Bitwarden is very fast at retrieving or pasting details in. I also love the fact that it's open-source and only $10 per year (which is a fraction of its peers). At some point I might trial 1Password.
Either way pretty happy with the new setup. And whilst manually creating everything was laborious and slower than just importing everything, it was also a good chance to audit all my accounts for ones I don't need anymore. After yesterday I starting closing down some accounts, or contacting websites to be removed. I have done this once or twice before but I do think that whatever system you use that is quite an important process to remove your data from redundant accounts/services.
As mentioned earlier I've been running a KeePass 1.x database since 2005 on its own USB stick. Whilst very secure it wasn't always convenient, or useful for multiple devices. So over the weekend I've manually moved all the contents over to KeePass XC and Bitwarden. KeePass XC for important details I don't need that often (i.e. Steam, Bank etc.) and Bitwarden for websites and often used stuff.
Although I'm happy with both, the new experience with Bitwarden is good. I've never used another password manager so don't have experience of 1Password or LastPass. However Bitwarden seems to do the key basic things well and the core free functionality is very generous. Whilst I get 1Password is more mature and does certain things better I'm not sure I need that. Bitwarden is very fast at retrieving or pasting details in. I also love the fact that it's open-source and only $10 per year (which is a fraction of its peers). At some point I might trial 1Password.
Either way pretty happy with the new setup. And whilst manually creating everything was laborious and slower than just importing everything, it was also a good chance to audit all my accounts for ones I don't need anymore. After yesterday I starting closing down some accounts, or contacting websites to be removed. I have done this once or twice before but I do think that whatever system you use that is quite an important process to remove your data from redundant accounts/services.
Was there a thread merge?
