New Password Manager

Introduction

It is always difficult to be totally sure that all the Password Managers are reliable… indeed no, trusted (better)! Also, if we consider to use a freeware software the worries are more. The scope of this “article” is to share with you my considerations: what I currently use and why.

The past

I have been using KeePass and KeePassX first and SafeInCloud - Password manager after… for many years.

• KeePass: Software for Windows. Open Source, light-weight and easy-to-use
• KeePassX: Software for MacOSX or MacOS. Same features of KeePass. Unfortunately the development of KeePassX has stopped but it has been replaced by KeePassXC
• SafeInCloud: Personally I find it an excellent software: simple, clean, multi-platform, inexpensive and you can use a cloud service to historicize the data (Drive, Dropbox among the most famous).

For all of them I always used Dropbox or Google Drive to share the password with all the devices.

Why did I decided to change

You know, KeePass and KeePassX (in general, all the forks of KeePass) are a very simple software that are not integrated so much with the modern OS.

For SafeInCloud, the reason is strictly related to the “software house”. In reality, there is only one developer and owner: Andrei Shcherbakov.

I tried to find any info about Andrei but without success. I just know that he is a Russian guy.. that’s all.

So, I spent two days (even late at night) looking for a new solution.

Question!

Do I develop something of my own or am I looking online for something that gives me security?

I discarded the first solution (homemade) because I NEVER, and I mean NEVER, time for these things (work, family, commitments). I would end up starting a new project and leaving it halfway (like many others).

So, as you may have guessed, I focused on the other option.

I scanned the WEB far and wide, finding everything and that it did not match what I was looking for:

• OpenSource
• Multi platform (I have many devices with different OS)
• Sharing with other users
• Cloud (proprietary or other services)
• Free \ Premium (economically accessible)
• Possibility to use a Server \ Database on Premise

Solution

After many ifs and buts, I settled on Bitwarden

It has all the features I have listed and, at the moment, I am relying on their cloud. Several possibilities:

1. Individual solution:
   • Basic Free Account
   • Premium Account -> 10$/yr
2. Sharing solution
   • Basic Free 2-Person Account
   • Families Organization -> 3.33$/month

My choise

I chose the Basic Free 2-Person Account

It was a feature that I really lacked in the previous Password Manager.
You do not know how convenient it is to have a section in common, with two accounts, where you can share the credentials of the sites/applications of common interest to the family.

Future

In the future, as soon as I have some time, I will dedicate myself to creating a Server\Database on Premise in such a way as to be totally independent from any service and sleep peacefully .