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Why self host a password manager? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by el_abuelo@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm going to move away from lastpass because the user experience is pretty fucking shit. I was going to look at 1pass as I use it a lot at work and so know it. However I have heard a lot of praise for BitWarden and VaultWarden on here and so probably going to try them out first.

My questions are to those of you who self-host, firstly: why?

And how do you mitigate the risk of your internet going down at home and blocking your access while away?

BitWarden's paid tier is only $10 a year which I'm happy to pay to support a decent service, but im curious about the benefits of the above. I already run syncthing on a pi so adding a password manager wouldn't need any additional hardware.

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[–] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was basically the same claim LP made. Even if true, if you have a bad master password, you can be compromised. While yes, that's on you, your data is a high priority target in a centralized password store... if you host it yourself, someone would first have to know you had that data to even target you for that. Much less exposure hosting it yourself. The convenience factor and potentially less security than a company hosting passwords have, so it's kind of a six of one, half dozen of the other.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Fair points.
Considering bitwarden is zero knowledge the data in itself is for now 'safe' enough to me.
Though I could be subject to IP/vulnerability scans on my home connection or accidentaly forwarding stuff that puts the security at risk and getting compromised (Seriously...The stuff I could connect and control via VNC I found on shodan was very creepy and frightening).
Nah mate. Plus maintaining the data I already have is enough for me. Bitwarden would be way too much. But maybe in the future once I figure Linux and docker more out :)