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by AnonsLadder 2134 days ago
I don't feel too strongly for this, something about paying monthly to a 3rd-party just to store your passwords seems like a ticking timebomb. I especially wouldn't rely on Dropbox to handle my credentials for $.

You could essentially just stick with using a free Dropbox account, use your favorite Password Manager, ex. KeepPass, and save your password protected encrypted database backup to your Dropbox account, & load the file from another device, etc, Right?

I'm just too used to using password managers on VM's that i've never found use-case in syncing them between other machines cause that already sounds rediculously dangerous enough, next to storing them on your Untrusted web-browser. It sounds extra, but i'm that paranoid after personally experiencing getting 'hacked'.

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I am quite happy to pay 1Password for the same. The benefits of biometric access on my phone and auto filling forms is too hard to pass up.
Any tips on how I can decouple myself from the Google password manager? The convenience of having passwords synced across every signed-in Chrome instance on every device (and even in-app on Android) is still something I haven't found a suitable replacement for yet.
Privacy tools' has some great info on alternatives: https://www.privacytools.io/software/passwords/

Bitwarden is your best shot, it's the only open-source one that allows remote syncing across all devices. You can build everything yourself as well: https://github.com/bitwarden

Switch early (now) or switch never

Study the password manager solutions well (I am sure there are some posts for it)

Switch your frequently used first to get used to the new one and switch the rest at your own pace

Google password manager doesn't support sharing passwords. As soon as you need that, Google's solution isn't going to be enough for you.