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…

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…

[image] anon29374801: The real question, in my mind, is based on your reasons do the actions of Strongbox rise to the level of “directly impacts people’s privacy negatively”? I am not sure it does. :thinking: Especially because the crux of your argument seems to be that they are no longer open …

[image] moonwriting: The way I like to think about this is that if Strongbox wasn’t yet recommended by PG and we would evaluate it now with all the facts that we have, would we really choose to recommend a proprietary password manager developed by a single guy who we know is lying about his prod…

Privacy Guides should take trust and transparency extremely seriously when it comes to making recommendations. This sentiment holds even more weight in the context of password managers, which require the utmost trust. Some people are falsely equivocating Strongbox with 1Password, when in fact, the …

[image] anon42475305: Some people are falsely equivocating Strongbox with 1Password, when in fact, the circumstances surrounding the two could not be more different. The situations are different but the precedent set for the category remains the same. The one major issue that everyone seems t…

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I like this table. In security circles, I’ve seen some use “CCC” viz. comprehension (usable security), confidence (safety & trust), control (transparency & measurements).

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