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Re:Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3 by JoshTriplett on Friday October 25, 2024 @01:32AM (#41942493)
> Interesting, I've always felt that browser-based password managers provided remarkably little value for most people.

They provide the value of "you should, by design, have no idea what most of your passwords are; if you know any significant number of your passwords you probably have bad passwords".

And both Firefox and Chrome sync passwords between devices.

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Re:Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3 by wruza on Friday October 25, 2024 @06:50AM (#41944021)
This is the value of any password manager, not a browser-based one.
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Re:Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3 by JoshTriplett on Saturday October 26, 2024 @02:38AM (#41953006)
The comment I was replying to said "browser-based password managers provided remarkably little value"; it didn't say "little value relative to other password managers".

Much as with cell phone cameras, "the best camera is the one you have with you"; the best password manager is the one you have with you.

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