Is Bitwarden still safe?

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Hello and happy holidays to all first and foremost! :slightly_smiling_face:

I’d like to start by saying that unfortunately I am not very knowledgeable about the detailed things you wonderful people often discuss in this forum. I am usually very happy to just read your posts and recommendations on topics I find very interesting.

Having said this, I have been seeing more and more comments/posts/topics about the latest update by Bitwarden for the Firefox’s extension. From there, I also found some slightly older and more general conversations here as well, like the is Bitwarden going proprietary? topic.

I have read a lot of negative comments and reviews on the update (e.g., how it’s going to be even worse on the website itself, how these changes are linked to changes in the company, and how Bitwarden itself is mistreating their userbase) , but I have not seen any major changes in the conversations over here, which leads me to believe that it might just be a temporary exaggeration by some users not based on reality nor on the actual data/code.

However, considering Bitwarden has my sensitive passwords, I wanted to double check and ask for myself. Is Bitwarden truly going down an unethical path as a few users have described it? Or is it mostly overblown by a few users that are unhappy with the changes while the software itself is still safe?

Thank you taking the time to read all of this. And thank you everyone for all your invaluable knowledge you shared on this platform across the years :pray:

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If I recall correctly:

What happened was largely overblown, for now. The furor ended up dying down, Bitwarden has not gone evil. Officially, there was an oopsie with licensing if I recall correctly, that got fixed. Unofficially, they may have been testing waters, but the backlash caused them to back down.

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There was a lot of misunderstanding about this when news broke - but the short and long answer after everything cleared up is yes, it is still safe to use. Go ahead and feel safe and secure.

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They actually have an encrypted blob of characters, not your passwords as being readable or usable. That encryption gets decrypted with your password.

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Thank you so much for the short and concise summary! It does put my mind at ease (and hopefully it might helps others too)

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That’s very good to hear then! I love hearing about companies that are able and willing to stop themselves after receiving pushback from their main users. Thank you for your answer :smile:

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Ah yes, perhaps I shouldn’t have phrased it like that. I meant it more as in “considering Bitwarden is the company I’m entrusting with my passwords and other sensitive information, I would like to know how trustworthy it is”.

But thank you for the answer and for the link as well! Great read :pray:

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