Ask HN: How comfortable do you feel using cloud-based password managers?
I've used pretty much every password manager under the sun at one point or another. Lastpass, 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, Remembear, KeePass(X) and I've finally settled on regular ol' pass.<p>I never really understood how it "syncs" but it's just git! Push and pull to update on every device. I use a private repo since site names are still metadata. You could put the whole directory tree in a tomb as well but that extension is only supported on mac only or something.<p>Pass is the one thing that seems fairly universal I think and it's all just text files which makes things really nice. No worrying about will it work on mobile or if the browser extension is useless without an application.<p>For example, 1Password X is a standalone extension so you could use it on Linux while Dashlane requires the desktop application running on the host. The connection works but isn't always reliable when running non-natively ie WINE<p>As for security, they're all fairly well audited I think? Remembear and 1Password both have external audits they pass, and provide remediation plans for any findings. Probably the same with Lastpass. Personally, I don't really think about it that much so I don't have a good answer. You can interpret that as me trusting providers but I have no real idea. I mainly just focus on the usability hah