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by 40four 1342 days ago
I’m with you, I de-Googled all my services a few years ago, and I couldn’t be happier with the decision.

I’m curious though, what’s preventing you from using a password manager on your phone? I use KeePass, and I’m able to use my password DB on any device I want.

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How do you handle syncing? I use KeePassXC on my desktop, and I back up the encrypted password DB to SpiderOak, but I haven't figured out a good way to get that DB onto my phone, auto-synced.

Also are you worried about the security of the DB on your phone? My password DB's passphrase is a good 50+ characters long, which I can type quickly on my laptop, but I can't imagine pecking that out on a phone. And I feel like I would not want the DB unencrypted/unlocked all the time on my phone; given the possibility of my losing it or it getting stolen, I'd want it to re-lock immediately after each use.

> How do you handle syncing?

Syncthing [1] works very well. I personally do not trust my phone with my passwords, so barely do any serious things on my phone.

[1] https://syncthing.net/

Nothing really other than it's a device I can loose to easily or it could be stolen. I don't do banking on my phone either. Plus there's the hassle of syncing it too.