Posts tagged with passwordmanager

The Vault Is Fine

I've spent a fair amount of time on this blog documenting what Bitwarden has been quietly doing to erode the trust that made them the default recommendation after LastPass started falling apart. That's a story about opacity and greed — price hikes buried in feature posts, a new M&A-specialist CEO they didn't announce,...
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The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden

Back in March, I wrote about Bitwarden doubling their Premium price — and specifically how they did it. Buried in a feature announcement. Priced in fake monthly increments for a product that has never once offered monthly billing. Communicated to existing customers fifteen days before their renewal, not before....
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Bitwarden Doubled Their Price. I'd Already Left. Here's What You Missed.

Back in January, I was two days into setting up Vaultwarden when Bitwarden sent me their annual Data Privacy Week survey. What browser do you use? What email service? What VPN? What are your concerns about AI and your data? I filled it out. Checked every box about keeping AI away from my personal data. Sent it in. Went...
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Self-Hosting Vaultwarden - Taking Back Password Management: Part 8 of “Building a Resilient Home Server” Series

The Survey Bitwarden sent me a survey about privacy and AI. What password manager do you use? What email service? What data wouldn't you share with AI - passwords, financial info, medical records? I filled it out. Checked every box for "keep AI away from this." Sent it in. Then I checked my Vaultwarden dashboard. I'd...
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