The client I have on my mac still works fine, but the only option was to "rent" the password management that stored my data on their servers. Some time ago, 1Password decided to go cloud and change to a subscription for using the software for new users. All was fine: Data was local, there was some backup method and some plain text export. I've purchased every upgrade since then and even had more than one license. Here is my example: I've been using 1password since 2008ish. Uploading unencrypted files right away is easier if someone gains remote access but, while depending some on the specific OS and password manager, it is usually not too difficult to start reading passwords as they are used and intercepting the primary password of the password manager the next time it is used might not be all that hard either.Īs there are many (and good) answers here, I may have missed one point - which I will raise: Check the fallback / fail scenario(s). In some cases a password manager can help with the possibilty of a computer being stolen while on. Unless you clear cookies all the time there is quite a bit that can be done just with cookies, although protecting passwords should at least prevent loosing access to accounts. Encrypting paritions with sensitive data is a better way to protect data when the system is off. However, it is worth considering what you are trying to protect against and for most single user systems I'm not convinced it is worth using something other than the built in browser password manager (unless you have a number of other applications that require passwords and don't have an easy way to store them). Firefox has a way to set a primary password, however IIRC there are some major issues with it.
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