You're free to host your own vault if you don't trust Bitwarden's secure cloud. But I think Bitwarden has earned the trust so many businesses and individuals put in them. They're not some fly-by-night operation. And hosting your own Bitwarden vault is a hell of a lot better than managing your own KeePass vault file. It's significantly more functional. But security wise they're about the same, so if you're more comfortable with KeePass, use KeePass. Just make sure you understand the features and pros & cons of each before making your decision.
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Thanks boss
free to host it where, on the routeable internet? oh yeah, that's not possible without using a wireguard tunnel or similar and configuring iptables on a VPS
the easy way is to host the thing on the vps but what happens when the gestapo seize the VPS, ruh roh and they may not tell you it's happened either
good luck to the gestapo getting into my house without getting noticed tho
please don't assume i haven't got strong sigint and security knowledge, i get REALLY tired of people claiming to know about security who don't have this elementary understanding that hosting anything on someone else's shit is less secure than hosting it on your own and doing that is NOT easy
Lol OK
it just grinds my gears, man, especially because last time i was hearing about bitwarden it was from supposed cybersec people who seemed offended when i pointed out to them that hosting your secrets on other people's computers is a bad idea, ok, whatever
You're not the only one with knowledge about security. I've been a professional network engineer since 1996. I currently spend at least 3 days a week working in a datacenter. So, I'm not just making things up to hear myself speak.
i see, and that's why you recommend storing your secrets on other people's computers is it?
I'm not going to justify myself to you. I'll gladly put my resume and professional experience up against yours any day of the week. I don't even understand why you've become this hostile douchebag. We were having a friendly conversation about different options, and like someone who just started reading about security last week, you turned defensive for no reason and started pretending that you know what you're talking about. I'm just not going to talk to you anymore, and I invite you to do the same. But word of advice, you might wanna lose that attitude. It gets you nowhere, and the people who actually do this shit for a living can see right through the act.
i don't care what other people think
i refuse to advise people to do things that i consider to be dangerous
and i refuse to be silent when someone thinks that actual other peopl's lives is a matter of reputation and not actual fucking science
See stuff like this makes me like okay what should I do haha
yeah, that's why i use brave's password manager and physical tokens, yubikeys, and i have a mini pc that handles my high value bitcoin stuff sitting behind me on the shelf
brave's password manager does use internet but it doesn't store stuff on other computers, the devices sync to each other using a tunnel that brave's servers let you create, it's a whole world different from what bitwarden does, and i trust brave a lot more than some company that influencoors are pimping to me
my recommendation is use brave sync, and get yubikeys and make physical backups and paper keys
That’s the thing. In case of wild fires everything I’ll be burned to shreds so looking for an offline storage option as well. I have a fire proof safe but what if that doesn’t withstand the burning fire. Keys lost you know.
yeah, that's what stamped word key cards and bolts are for
evaluating the risk of such events is key to your security strategy, realistic assessment of the threat vectors
personally, i don't want to live in a place where fire is a relatively common form of property damage, i come from australia and there was many places where people lived way too close to extremely flammable, dry climate trees that actually depend on fire for propagation
let's just say that such places where wild fires are common should not be considered good places to live unless you are gonna really do the proper job securing your whole house... keeping big fire boundaries, having emergency water to keep areal humdinger that is so hot even that boundary is not wide enough
it's just not my cup of tea, if other people want to live dangerously, that's their choice but i don't really have anything to say about it except stamped/engraved metal plates, and have fun when your house burns down