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 t…

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.

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 bac…

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

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:

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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donutfreak (DF) December 27, 2024, 1:48am 4

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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