[image] Skiff Pages/Drive (Productivity Tools) We require both productivity tools and notebooks to be open-source This is interesting requirement considering that you recommend 1Password, a closed source password manager that arguably protects even more sensitive data. So, your stricter requir…

Exactly so I think the software being open source doesn’t add a lot imo

KeePassXC has been audited. It’s been established that while audits are good, they are not a replacement for open source. 1password has a good reputation So do Bitwarden and Proton Pass. looks way better This has nothing to do with whether or not 1Password should be recommended.

[image] anon11657877: This has nothing to do with whether or not 1Password should be recommended. False. [image] Niek-de-Wilde: A note here is that we only recommend it because it provides a very good UX for for nontechnical people. […] The side wide policy is that that opensource is p…

So you think we should recommend NordPass and LastPass because of their UX? Bitwarden and Proton Pass are good enough for most nontechnical people.

[image] anon11657877: So you think we should recommend NordPass and LastPass because of their UX? Irrelevant. I was pointing out that UX is actually a factor. You would of known this if you had taken the time to read the thread before commenting. You should ask @anon48875053 about NordPass s…

I’m starting to wonder how many votes this will get before this finally gets resolved. We’re already at 43 votes but the 1Password shills won’t go home. [image] anonymous378: You should ask @Lukas about NordPass since you two seem to come up with the same misguided comparisons. ▶ off-topic

Votes do not have any bearing on the outcome. Its mostly used to gauge interest. Plus since every account can double vote , any user can create multiple accounts, and users who have left the community still have their votes count. Its hard to say the number of votes has any real meaning.

[image] anon11657877: but the 1Password shills won’t go home. I also don’t appreciate the hostility and aggro’d tone. Even if you disagree, vehemently, everyone here does have the same goal.

If privacy is that goal then yes but instead of focusing on the actual issue we’re forever stuck debating whether or not open source should be required for password managers, and I’m going to keep this thread going until this gets approved. Some of us value open source. Others think it doesn’t matt…

[image] anon11657877: If the others had their way PG wouldn’t recommend open source at all No one’s arguing to remove KeePassXC or Bitwarden which are FOSS, they don’t have any security issues that stick out. [image] anon11657877: If Bitwarden and Proton Pass both have feature parity as …

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I’m starting to wonder how many votes this will get before this finally gets resolved. We’re already at 43 votes but the 1Password shills won’t go home.

off-topic

Open source for password managers might be one of the only things I agree with him on. From my knowledge he appears to be some anti-ideology Google advocate who dismisses sane views as conspiracy theories.

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