 When it comes to what software you use I'm probably one of the most liberal Foss guys on the internet. I'm pretty much one of those guys that says just use whatever it is you want to use Well, I think I would prefer it if everybody used open source and free software. I Know that that's not feasible that being said there's one piece of software that I don't think you should use and The biggest reason is is because there's many different great alternatives So today i'm going to be talking about a new linux password app called one password now This has been on macintosh and windows for a long time And it was originally developed for mac eventually went to windows and now there's a native linux client And for those people who use one password and have been using one password. This is great news And I think that for those people who already do use it It's fantastic that it's here and I think that If it were any other situation, I would probably Be celebrating the fact that there's yet another company that has brought their software to linux because there's not nearly enough of those and we should be Very happy when a company decides to support linux as well But one password is an open source and I think if there is one single piece of software That you use that absolutely has to be free and open source It should be your password manager and the reason why I say that is because There's nothing on your computer that is more important Than your password manager. I truly believe that You could lose your your images all of the rest of your data But if you lost access to your passwords, it would probably ruin your digital life You'd lose access to your banking information possibly your credit cards Your tax information all the passwords to get into every single account. It would just be gone So with that being in the case, why would you trust a company with that information? That wouldn't allow you to audit their code I don't know the answer to that question now I used to be a last pass guy I used to use last pass and I didn't use to feel this way But now that I use something like bit warden and there are several different open source password managers out there You can use bit warden. You could use something like key pass. You could use something like pass Literally, there's a half a dozen really good alternatives that are free and open source that you could use But I used to use blast pass and before then before I started using free and open source password manager. I didn't really care I just wanted to work well and work across platforms and Since that point I've just come to realize how I think important it is that The password manager you use is open source and One of the reasons why is has to do with cost now. I'm not one of those guys who thinks everything has to be free I don't mind paying for things that are good things that I Want to support things that I find useful What I don't care for is things like glass pass in terms of switch In terms of bait and switch so they tend to change the prices a lot They've changed them four or five times over the last 10 years They were paid as a subscription service for all their good features And then they went free and then now they're back to being paid again and Or they're it's even more complicated and that they're paid if you want to use your password manager on multiple devices And that's last pass one password has actually done the same thing one password used to be really Expensive used to pay for the mat client, which was you know a certain amount of money I don't remember what it was and then you had to pay for the mobile client and stuff like that And that was before they had a subscription service And then they now they have a subscription service and now they have a free service They change things that's the point because it's closed source and because You can't host it yourself none of these things they have all the power to take features away from you That you probably would need At any point you don't have any say in it Other than to leave obviously Added in between the whole security thing of not being able to audit the code I mean most people can't audit code anyways because they don't know how to code but The ability to do so is there and other people can do so that do have that ability So you if you're using one password you're trusting that that code is secure And you have no way of verifying that And then you have the whole control over how much it costs what features you have and all of that stuff Plays into the fact that I just don't think you should use one password So if you already use one password Go ahead and you continue to use it your data is there I I I mean I say go ahead and continue to use it by if I were you I would switch away from it to A bit warden or something like that But if you're using it at least it does have a Linux client now But if you're looking for a password manager Don't select one password because it's closed source You don't want to go through and use that use bit warden instead Use key pass xc instead or whatever it is. I mean, there's several different versions of key pass that are available for you Choose which one's the best for you Pass is available if you want to if you're more of a nerd and want to manage your passwords purely in the command line You know, you can host your own bit warden thing. Whatever you want to do just choose one That's open source. I think that that is truly the best way to do it and While I think it's great that one password is here for those who absolutely absolutely have to use it I know a lot of companies use it so that it's on Linux now is probably a good thing overall That's a net good I still think that if you're going to use a password manager use one that's free and open source So that's my little rant for the day. Thanks for watching You can support me on patreon at patreon.com slash this cast Follow me on twitter at linux cast facebook at linux cast before I go. 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