Should I use Bitwarden, Proton Pass, or 1Password?

[any1]

Tons of software use Electron—including the Mullvad GUI—but claiming they’re “ahead” simply for using Electron is nonsense.

[banana]

@Varangian

Maybe it’s time to learn how to use ChatGPT. Your “sources” from what I looked are nothing more than some incompetent developers who are probably too lazy to learn modern programming languages.

Its no wonder AI starts to replace human developers, when there are so many stubborn ones around who think PHP is a good idea in 2025.

Suggesting someone use ChatGPT in a privacy-centered community is absolutely wild.

@Varangian

By open source BS I obviously meant the fact many here think that something being open source automatically makes something better, but it doesn’t. It’s more transparent, but it might still be less secure than well executed proprietary code. 1Password is also audited regularly and has $1M bug bounty program, more than any other PW manager.

@Varangian

Proton also uses ancient PHP in the backend which is hilarious, they are actually really insecure service but people blindly trust them cause they’re based in Switzerland. And BTW, Proton backend is also closed source. Only client side is open source.

Security audits and eye-popping bug bounty rewards are an indicative of strong faith in a product’s security and good for public relations, but the lack of those does not necessarily indicate negligence towards security.

It’s important to note that open-source solutions are often coordinated by independent engineers and independently-financed teams. Since security audits and bug bounties cost a lot money, it reflects on the financial conditions of a project more than anything.

1Password is funded by venture capital companies and is valued at $6.8 billion with a mission of making the most money. For comparison, Proton is a crowdfunded, non-profit company with no venture capital investors and no shareholders.

Despite that, Proton has gone out of their way to set aside some funding to audit all of their apps, and they also have a bug bounty. While they only offer a comparably modest maximum of $10,000 reward, you have to understand that they are not on level playing field.

And to think that a team’s choice of programming language has something to do with competence is more telling of your own understanding of software engineering than anything.

[yes]

@Varangian

If you want secure email service, look at Tuta (formerly Tutanota) instead.

This is not only off-topic, but it also contains FUD about Proton. I can’t say that Proton or Tuta are safer than the other, because that would be untrue. Both companies offer secure email services. Unless you have found a serious vulnerability in Proton, please stop spreading FUD.

[PurpleDime]

@banana

1Password is funded by venture capital companies and is valued at $6.8 billion with a mission of making the most money.

I really want to quit 1Password for Proton Pass, but the latter is still lacking a lot of the features that I need. I have Proton Pass Plus, but I only use it for aliases. They couldn’t even import half of my 1Password items because Proton Pass doesn’t have equivalent categories.