Why should this tool be removed? Now that it has come to light that Strongbox is not an open source password manager , even though they misleadingly claim so, I suggest that we stop recommending it and instead take a closer look at KeePassium, and if we want to recommend it over Strongbox. Here is al…

I suspect unfortunately many people still won’t back me up that funding/business models do matter and are directly relevant to privacy, as we’ve seen with Skiff, as we’ve seen with Simple Mobile Tools, as we’ve seen with Wire, etc. Hopefully someday we will be prepared to discuss and acknowledge th…

they seem pretty steadfast and closed minded in their github response ( Project cannot be built, half the repo is missing. Open source, but not really? · Issue #784 · strongbox-password-safe/Strongbox · GitHub ) regrettably

[image] mentalfoss: But sometimes it feels that this community is sponsored, by projects like Proton or Brave, and even Strongbox now. :slightly_frowning_face: :ballot_box_with_ballot:I understand why it might seem like certain projects could have sponsors, but let’s clarify the situation, es…

I don’t think mentalfloss actually thinks the movement is sponsored, they just disagree with the movement’s general support of Proton and Brave

Agreed, @mentalfoss said “feels like” to indicate that they don’t actually think those project sponsor PG, but rather to convey their feeling that PG is overly supportive of those projects

Just to be clear, I don’t agree with mentalfloss, I was just describing my reading of their message

[image] mentalfoss: If we remove it, or not recommend it and just have it as honorable mention, maybe we could achieve something like that. Having an “honorable mentions” section doesn’t make sense . ▶ Summary

To revive this, would anyone comfortably trust a duplicitous project with their passwords after that incident ? A related example that I can recall is the Skiff situation , and the especial point is quoted below: They misleadingly claim to be open-source while being only source available . Also see t…

[image] Astatine: The Keepassium developer has beautifully outlined the situation here I read that more as “slightly resentfully” outlined (though I can partially empathize with that given the context). There are also some (possible) factually incorrect claims in that outline. For example: …

I would like to highlight this suggestion again because I believe there are many people in this community who would like to see this issue resolved. The lack of action suggests that this type of behavior demonstrated by the Strongbox developer is acceptable to Privacy Guides. By keeping Strongbox on…

I think PG, especially since the whole 1password / open source debate, has been relatively clear on what it takes to add or remove a recommendation. [image] Require Open Source for Password Managers Historically we have only removed recommendations when something happens that directly impacts pe…

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Having an “honorable mentions” section doesn’t make sense.

Summary

Privacy Guides, in previously iterations, has historically had a “worth mentioning” section which was scrapped because it made no sense. Either we recommend something and can provide concrete reasons as to why, or we shouldn’t recommend it at all.

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