Best password manager?
Discussion
I’ve been looking at getting a password manager which is cross platform compatible (mainly iOS and chrome usage). The ability to import from chrome and safari (keychain?) would be good too.
Can anyone recommend a good one? Not too bothered if there’s a monthly fee (although I see there’s some free ones) but if there’s a family option it would be even better.
Thanks all.
Can anyone recommend a good one? Not too bothered if there’s a monthly fee (although I see there’s some free ones) but if there’s a family option it would be even better.
Thanks all.
megaphone said:
I use 1Password, been doing so for years, it is very good, works seamlessly across all my Macs and phones. Only issue for me, they've now gone to a subscription model, I still use the older 'paid for' version 6. Not sure how much longer it will work for.
Same here. I'll probably upgrade soon as I've just got a Touch Bar MacPro (mostly a great machine, but the touchbar is a terrible idea) and the latest version offers Touch ID unlocking, which would be nice. iPhone integration works well with 1Password.I like Lastpass. Works great on Mac, Windows, mobile.
Not sure if others offer the same (I've not had any great need to look elsewhere) but I like how I can have a shared folder of sites/passwords for family things (netflix account, etc), can share out individual logins to other people (including preventing them from seeing the password), and "emergency access" where you can nominate people who can get access to your passwords after a defined amount of time. Morbid, but should make things easier for my wife should I die or be in a coma.
Not sure if others offer the same (I've not had any great need to look elsewhere) but I like how I can have a shared folder of sites/passwords for family things (netflix account, etc), can share out individual logins to other people (including preventing them from seeing the password), and "emergency access" where you can nominate people who can get access to your passwords after a defined amount of time. Morbid, but should make things easier for my wife should I die or be in a coma.
sjg said:
"emergency access" where you can nominate people who can get access to your passwords after a defined amount of time. Morbid, but should make things easier for my wife should I die or be in a coma.
Should have told Quadriga. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-4712337...Dashlane.
The comment above about always having to log in is not a downside to me. I'd rather all those passwords were at least behind one password and not in a tool that is always logged in. If you don't want it, you can turn it off in the settings or only need it for some things and can set auto logout from 15 minutes to "never".
Syncs across devices (not great integration with Safari on the phone but that could easily be Safari's restrictions), autofills login pages if you want it to, auto logs on if you want it to, can autocomplete payment forms.
I suspect all these tools are much of a muchness now and it's down to one that works for you and you get on with. Dashlane is about $3 a year more than 1Password but there is a free version if you only need 50 passwords and no sync.
Used to use LastPass but moved away when they were bought by LogMeIn.
The comment above about always having to log in is not a downside to me. I'd rather all those passwords were at least behind one password and not in a tool that is always logged in. If you don't want it, you can turn it off in the settings or only need it for some things and can set auto logout from 15 minutes to "never".
Syncs across devices (not great integration with Safari on the phone but that could easily be Safari's restrictions), autofills login pages if you want it to, auto logs on if you want it to, can autocomplete payment forms.
I suspect all these tools are much of a muchness now and it's down to one that works for you and you get on with. Dashlane is about $3 a year more than 1Password but there is a free version if you only need 50 passwords and no sync.
Used to use LastPass but moved away when they were bought by LogMeIn.
stemll said:
Dashlane.
The comment above about always having to log in is not a downside to me. I'd rather all those passwords were at least behind one password and not in a tool that is always logged in. If you don't want it, you can turn it off in the settings or only need it for some things and can set auto logout from 15 minutes to "never".
Syncs across devices (not great integration with Safari on the phone but that could easily be Safari's restrictions), autofills login pages if you want it to, auto logs on if you want it to, can autocomplete payment forms.
I suspect all these tools are much of a muchness now and it's down to one that works for you and you get on with. Dashlane is about $3 a year more than 1Password but there is a free version if you only need 50 passwords and no sync.
Used to use LastPass but moved away when they were bought by LogMeIn.
Why would you pay more for a service that even you admit doesn't work well on Safari?The comment above about always having to log in is not a downside to me. I'd rather all those passwords were at least behind one password and not in a tool that is always logged in. If you don't want it, you can turn it off in the settings or only need it for some things and can set auto logout from 15 minutes to "never".
Syncs across devices (not great integration with Safari on the phone but that could easily be Safari's restrictions), autofills login pages if you want it to, auto logs on if you want it to, can autocomplete payment forms.
I suspect all these tools are much of a muchness now and it's down to one that works for you and you get on with. Dashlane is about $3 a year more than 1Password but there is a free version if you only need 50 passwords and no sync.
Used to use LastPass but moved away when they were bought by LogMeIn.
Mr Pointy said:
Why would you pay more for a service that even you admit doesn't work well on Safari?
Because it's more that the Apple Password Manager API doesn't play nice with 2FA.It works just fine if you don't have 2FA on Dashlane. Tap the field, select Dashlane, FaceID authorises and fills the fields. Add in 2FA and you have to come out of the page to get the 2FA code, add it to Dashlane and get back to the field you were filling in. It's probably just me but it never seems to feed back into the API and complete the form. Could be Dashlane could just as easily be the API (even more likely to be me).
Prior to this API being added in iOS12, I'd been using Dashlane just fine and still can by getting the password onto the clipboard and pasting it into the page. It's just the Apple API that's clunky with 2FA. Given that and the number of passwords in there, why would I change to save 34 cents a month?
Plus it's only on the phone. On MacOS it's seamless and that's where I want it 99% of the time.
Another vote for LastPass too.
Love that it integrates with safari on Mac and iPhone.
Love that it integrates with safari on Mac and iPhone.
sjg said:
I like Lastpass. Works great on Mac, Windows, mobile.
Not sure if others offer the same (I've not had any great need to look elsewhere) but I like how I can have a shared folder of sites/passwords for family things (netflix account, etc), can share out individual logins to other people (including preventing them from seeing the password), and "emergency access" where you can nominate people who can get access to your passwords after a defined amount of time. Morbid, but should make things easier for my wife should I die or be in a coma.
I didn't realise Lastpass did any of this!! Thanks for posting as this is all stuff I could use!Not sure if others offer the same (I've not had any great need to look elsewhere) but I like how I can have a shared folder of sites/passwords for family things (netflix account, etc), can share out individual logins to other people (including preventing them from seeing the password), and "emergency access" where you can nominate people who can get access to your passwords after a defined amount of time. Morbid, but should make things easier for my wife should I die or be in a coma.
Edited by ashleyman on Tuesday 12th February 22:01
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