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by fc417fc802 414 days ago
It's a bit different when it's the core functionality that you selected the vendor for.

I'd never use a closed source password manager.

I don't use Microsoft for my OS, although it happens that I do generally trust them on account of their size and reputation. They have a very strong vested interest in not getting caught doing something like that.

Spying isn't the only concern. I don't generally want to grant anything unnecessary ring 0 because of the security implications. I certainly don't trust the security practices of most game studios to any great degree.