[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Bitwarden

[Umesh]

Thanks Drew, Steve.

It looks like I’ll have to change all my passwords, site by site, then
enter the new ones into Bitwarden. It doesn’t make sense to store passwords
that may have been compromised.

Umesh

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM Steve Isenberg <smisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Umesh,
> FIrst, the reason I used Bitwarden.  It was because it is free for
> personal use, and it was easy to use with Passkeys.  I started with a
> blank/empty vault and only added a handful of passwords, none of them
> important passwords.
>
> I currently use Keepass to hold and manage my passwords, I only used
> Bitwarden for the demo.  The newest version of the KeePassXC port
> (application) supports passkeys, but only for newer OS and I don't believe
> it's supported by smartphones.  I haven't tried Bitwarden on a smartphone
> either.
>
> However I do see that Bitwarden lets you import your passwords from a
> large number of password managers, including Keepass, LastPass, 1Password,
> Dashlane, and a lot of others that I don't know anything about.  So, if I
> were going to switch over to using Bitwarden, I'd read my existing Keepass
> data into Bitwarden using Bitwarden's data import function.
> I haven't tried this, so feel free to give it a try and report back.
>
> Why do I continue to use Keepass and not use Bitwarden or another password
> manager?  It's a personal opinion. I don't believe it's completely safe to
> store all of my important passwords and data in any password manager's
> online storage area.  To point, I believe it was 1Password that had a
> number of breeches that may have leaked suposedly-secure data to others.
> So I feel if I have total control over where I store my encrypted password
> vault, then I can sleep better at night.
>
> Hope that helps, let me know if you find out anything or if you have other
> questions.
> -steve
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 1:32 PM Umesh via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
>
>> Hello Steve,
>>
>> When you set up a passkey account (Bitwarden), do you need to change all
>> of your passwords for all of your accounts when you create a Bitwarden
>> account and enter all your logins in your vault?
>>
>> At first glance it seems to me that you should, but that is an extremely
>> tedious, though secure, process.
>>
>> Thanks, and thank you for your password/passkey presentation.
>>
>> Umesh
>>
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