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I’ll be reviewing the following 4 password managers.

Lastpass

1Password

Bitwarden

Strongbox

Security Policy:

LastPass: https://www.lastpass.com/security/what-if-lastpass-gets-hacked

1Password: https://support.1password.com/1password-security/#:~:text=Your%201Password%20data%20is%20kept,cryptographically%20secure%20pseudorandom%20number%20generators.

BitWarden: https://bitwarden.com/blog/post/vault-security-bitwarden-password-manager/#:~:text=Bitwarden%20uses%20end%2Dto%2Dend,password%20can%20decrypt%20your%20vault.&text=Since%20your%20data%20is%20fully,store%20encrypted%20and%20hashed%20data.

Strongbox: https://strongboxsafe.com/

Getting Started/Initial Thoughts:

Lastpass - Easy to get started.  Prompts 2FA if you log in from a new location.  You can create the following secure items:   See screenshot.  Alternatively, when you visit a website that requires a password, LastPass notification pops up if you want to add.  It’s best to use the popup because it saves metadata that manually entering passwords doesn’t do.  I really like it.  But maybe it’s because the interface is red and red is my favorite color

1Password - Chrome extension.  Web interface is not as intuitive, but once you have a vault set up, you can add items.  Has a built in password generator and audits your existing stored browser passwords.  Tells you which ones you should change because passwords might be compromised.

Bitwarden - Clean and simple interface.  You get down to the brass tax right away.  Very intuitive because they store your passwords.  This is a password manager.  Nothing special.  No bells or whistles.  You just get a tool to store your passwords and a few other things.  Command line interface available and you can host bitwarden on your own server so you don’t have to go to the cloud.

Strongbox - Accidentally installed Strongpass.  Realized my mistake and then downloaded the right one.  Please note that this is only an iOS or Mac app.  I really don’t like that there’s no web interface.  The app has a ton of features and is open source, but you need to use an apple based app.

Lastpass - This is the one I’m keeping.  It offers the most features.  The Free version covers everything I would need.

1Password - I didn’t really like the interface, but other than that it’s very close to LastPass.

Bitwarden - If I only want passwords, this would be my go to. I just felt it’s missing too many features.

Strongbox - Too limited.  Only works on iOS and Macs. I live on all types of devices.  Not for me.