Bitwarden - Free Password Manager
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mgpreal last edited by@opera-comments-bot Why do I have to use 3rd party software? how safe is this?
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9littlebees last edited by
@mgpreal: What 3rd party software are you talking about? This is an extension to use the excellent free password manager BitWarden on Opera browsers. Assuming you're asking why should you use BitWarden, all I can say is that I've been using the free version for many years across multiple browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, etc) with no issues. It's an essential tool to use when navigating the internet today. Go check out online reviews to find out more about it and how good it is.
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mgpreal last edited by
@9littlebees A software that is not part of the 3rd party software (extensions) opera is an argument to consider when it comes to reliability. it's a matter of preference and absolute good or bad.
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9littlebees last edited by
@mgpreal There is no 3rd party software beyond the extension. You need an account with Bitwarden, but otherwise you can use Bitwarden with nothing more than its in extension in Opera.
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butcha-xxx last edited by@9littlebees said:
...but otherwise you can use Bitwarden with nothing more than its in extension in Opera.Or as extension in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Vivaldi, Brave, Edge, Tor Browser and most Browser Variants that build on the respective engines of these browsers, such as Iron, Waterfox, Pale Moon and countless others.
As a program for Windows, MacOS, or pretty much any Linux distribution.
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mvalburg last edited by
I've been using BItWarden for years with absolutely no problems. That can't be said for the password manager I used prior to BW - Bitdefender - which was causing very odd problems and a security hazard that BD were quite unhelpful and rude about ("our software is bulletproof, your problem is elsewhere..." you know the drill). This was shortly before BD eliminated their free tier, so I switched to BW, the problem went away (with no changes to all the "elsewhere" parts of the system), and has worked perfectly since. A+.
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mgpreal last edited by
@9littlebees However, we have seen before that plugins can be manipulated very easily. My passwords are important to me and I don't understand why you have so much trust in an unknown person, company or plugin author, anyway.
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enticer last edited byBe sure to also remember your email used, I almost lost a vault because of that
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butcha-xxx last edited by
@segis just restart Main App, and Browser, or lock off and relogin into Bitwarden Vault Web
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flysimoo last edited by
what is the proof that this extension creator or the company behind its developing can't see or spy on my saved passwords list?
does it saves them internally?
No, so give me a reason to trust an extension that saves my important password online and anyone can hack my account and still them or even the same software programmer can spy on them! -
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akeamazan last edited by
@flysimoo: Bitwarden is open source, you can audit the source code there github.com/bitwarden/ . You can also self host the server. and you can add two step login. Hope it helps you.
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magictiger1983 last edited by@akeamazan: Exactly this. If anyone else comes across this and isn't sure, Bitwarden is trusted by cybersecurity professionals. Many of us urge our friends and family to use it when they ask for a recommendation. It allows you to customize the number of iterations through the encryption algorithm it uses. More is better. When Lastpass got hit, we discovered that old defaults only ran through the algorithm once, and Lastpass never automatically increased that. I did not run into that with Bitwarden. I've used it for many years myself and my wallet had the most commonly accepted minimum iterations. I do recommend increasing from the minimum since in a situation like this, it's not about being uncrackable, it's about being harder to crack than somebody else.
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BestCodes last edited by
@opera-comments-bot I just use Opera Sync and Opera's Password Manager, it feels a lot safer and less third party / insecure to me.
Hi, I'm Best_codes! I'm a full-stack web dev who moderates on the makeblock forum. I have a website, https://bestcodes.dev. I love Opera, so I'm on here occasionally to report bugs and answer some questions.
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canadagoose4everreturns last edited by@bestcodes But it isn't safer. No browser password manager is safer than the open source program, Bitwarden. There are several third party pw managers as good but none better. Security software guru, Steve Gibson recommends Bitwarden. Check it out.
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ironbone last edited by
Unforytnately this extention try to add password inside the Google Translate Page. It present a huge icon which make it inposible to enter the text to translate. See the image
https://ibb.co/tZYD6Z1
