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by 4k93n2 27 days ago
im using pretty much the same setup myself

just to mention an alternative method for anyone that doesnt know: keepass also has a feature called 'autotype' where the desktop program can send keystrokes to fill in password fields

the benefit of this over the browser extension is that there is no connection between your browser and your keepass vault.

its also handy for filling in passwords in desktop programs or even a terminal

one downside is that you wont be able to have passwords automatically filled in as youre browsing. you need to press a hotkey, but i would consider this to be more of a good security feature to cut out any chance of your browser autofilling any hidden password fields

there is still a browser extension that i use that adds the url to the titlebar of the browser, which makes it easier for the autotype dialog to show the correct logins from your vault

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/add-url-to-wi...

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That's how I use it. The less browser extensions, the better.