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security:password-managers [2024/07/02 23:21] – [Password Managers] Humphrey Boa-Gartsecurity:password-managers [2024/08/06 05:48] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Password Managers ====== ====== Password Managers ======
  
-A **password manager** is exactly what it sounds like: It manages your passwords. A good one will store them in an encrypted database somewhere, with options for 2nd layer security tools like security tokens & hardware keys. Bad ones, like the ones found in web browsers, will just leave them lying around in the same directory on everyone's computer, ripe for extrapolation.+A **password manager** is exactly what it sounds like: It manages your passwords. A good one will store them in an encrypted database somewhere, with options for 2nd layer security tools like security tokens. Bad ones, like the ones found in web browsers, will just leave them lying around in the same directory on everyone's computer, ripe for extrapolation.
  
 A good one with not only store your usernames and passwords in a secure environment (and even [[diy:identity-management|compartmentalized environments]]) separated from your web browser, but it will help you keep track of them as well. This will be infinitely useful as you accumulate more accounts at more websites and servers. There is an actual condition called [[wp>Password fatigue|Password Fatigue]], which is basically just like [[wp>Dunbar's Number]] but for passwords instead of people. A good one with not only store your usernames and passwords in a secure environment (and even [[diy:identity-management|compartmentalized environments]]) separated from your web browser, but it will help you keep track of them as well. This will be infinitely useful as you accumulate more accounts at more websites and servers. There is an actual condition called [[wp>Password fatigue|Password Fatigue]], which is basically just like [[wp>Dunbar's Number]] but for passwords instead of people.
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 There are all sorts of password managers out there. Some of them are for web browsers. Others store your passwords in the cloud. For this list, we are going to be focusing only on local password managers with decent encryption and security options, as these will give you the most control over your own data: There are all sorts of password managers out there. Some of them are for web browsers. Others store your passwords in the cloud. For this list, we are going to be focusing only on local password managers with decent encryption and security options, as these will give you the most control over your own data:
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 +==== CLI-based ====
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 +  * [[https://www.passwordstore.org|pass]]
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 +==== With GUI ====
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 +  * [[https://keepassxc.org|KeePassXC]]
 +  * [[https://bitwarden.com|Bitwarden]]
 +  * [[https://www.pwsafe.org|Password Safe]]
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 {{tag>Security Tools}} {{tag>Security Tools}}
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