Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.misc Subject: Re: Do you use a password manager? Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:41:59 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 55 Message-ID: <87eec24yg8.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> References: <874kcz5pqn.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87zgur47bv.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720211627013354%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87v95f45td.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720211714274121%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87r1g3439e.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720211811188799%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87mtqr402j.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720211918008937%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87im1f3x1d.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <120720212025427670%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="8e768a059c307f972b60d01ae7384758"; logging-data="14772"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/SHMwLHEvQs0RpOZeV4RNy" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rxS2mi7iXcAMjfqaZaRsF3Dy25c= sha1:aDVolXjR1rmTL0s5ADnquQR4IVE= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:137238 comp.sys.mac.misc:8058 comp.unix.misc:293 comp.misc:21074 nospam writes: > In article <87im1f3x1d.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>, Keith Thompson > wrote: >> >> Is there a password manager that supports automatic sync among Linux, >> >> Android, and Windows *without* storing any of my information in the >> >> cloud (i.e., on someone else's computer)? (It's possible that I hadn't >> >> made it clear enough that I don't want to use cloud storage.) >> > >> > there are several, each with different mixes of features, some with >> > better integration than others, and only you can decide which one fits >> > your needs. >> >> Are you unwilling to give examples? Is there one that you use (or do >> you use a cloud solution)? > > i use 1password and keep everything on my devices, however, it does > sync via the cloud. there is (was) a way to sync locally but that had > some limitations and i'm not sure if that's even still an option. > > they also offer a cloud version (their servers) but that's not required. > > it does look like they now have linux support but i don't know how good > that is. that's relatively recent. > >> I tried KeePass a while ago, and it doesn't do what I want. (One >> feature of the Android version of PasswordSave that I like is that it >> implements a virtual keyboard, so passwords don't have to go through the >> system clipboard.) Someone here mentioned KeePassXC, which I might try, >> but I don't see an Android version. > > 1password has a background process which directly communicates with > browser extension, skipping the clipboard entirely. When I tried KeePass on Android, I didn't find a way to copy a password or other text from KeePass to another arbitrary application. Possibly I didn't spend enough time exploring it. Something that *only* uses a browser extension would not be useful to me. > some use the system clipboard which is then auto-erased moments later. > >> I just found a reference to something called Syncthing, which I'll also >> look into; it's a continuous file synchronization program, not >> specifically related to passwords. > > syncthing is good. also check out nextcloud, which can be installed on > a variety of hardware as well as in a docker container or even a > raspberry pi (although that's not exactly fast). Yes, I have a NextCloud instance, but I'm not sure I want to store (even encrypted) passwords on it. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com Working, but not speaking, for Philips void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */