JCjcassee·Aug 18, 2017Submission
Freepass: The free password manager for power users
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freepass
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[DEPRECATED] password manager thing
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| Nov 2016 | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2016 | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2017 | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2017 | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 2017 | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2017 | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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6 sourcesI recently came across a `pass` competitor called `freepass` built with Rust ontop of libsodium: https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass
`pass` is my current favourite, the Android app works fine and syncing text files is easy. But I'm looking forward to trying `freepass` out. The interface looks nice in the asciicinema animation in the README, a Quicksilver/spotlight style floating window.
BitWarden looks too heavy-duty for me.
In Bitwarden - open source password managerI use a build script that takes environment variables https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass/blob/706e8d9f25f08ac34... (and calls Cargo once per architecture. Android has many :D)
In Announcing Rust 1.18That's a common criticism of any stateless system, like the Master Password algorithm.
I made https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass which is based on that algorithm but also generates keys, not just passwords — Ed25519 keys for SSH, signify, and I wanted to add SQRL but haven't got around to that yet.
Some people like to say that "omg if your master password gets stolen with this, that's it, but with a classic file-based password manager they also have to steal the database file". However…
If the stealing happens via keylogger malware, THAT MALWARE CAN ALSO STEAL THE DB FILE, for fuck's sake.
If the stealing happens via someone looking over your shoulder / recording how you enter the password with a surveillance camera, they also have to know your "full name" which can be whatever string you want, it's stored on your device and isn't visi
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ble when entering the password.
Didn't have any problems either. I mean, writing JNI code by hand is hell, sure. Just… don't do it. javacpp automates all that crap.
https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass/blob/fad2a1fd592cbe6a9...
In Firefox 52 releasedFellow pass user here.
freepass [0] seems like it could be a potential candidate, somewhere between pass and LessPass, but I haven't tried it out for myself yet.
[0]: https://github.com/myfreeweb/freepass
In LessPass: sync-less open source password manager