Quiet Changes in Bitwarden

liverstealer@lemmy.zip · 19 days

I think I am understanding you, yes, you can only message those who have moved or download those apps to speak with you.

For me, it was that simple. In my situation, I asked my friends at the time to download Signal – they didnt even want to download that. Only the closest to me ended up doing that. It turns out I am no longer friends with anyone who wasn’t using whatever I was using, so I have no need to go back to that. I never will even if I am asked. I’d rather even email lol.

So, anways I’m not saying necessarily there is any correlation between a true friend and someone who does not move apps with you. But I am also not not saying that.

liverstealer@lemmy.zip · 19 days

yeah, Signal is a tricky one for me. I used to use it for a long time, but never felt really safe and comfortable with the whole thing. I’m not entirely sure why, perhaps because the features did not match the money it would take to build something like they have (as in, dayum this is free?.. why is it free…). Naturally people called this a honeypot from a government - but the app in opensource and auditable, right? Signal still doesn’t feel right to me, here is the only stories I know beyond my own feelings that make it sus:

for a long time you had to sign up with a phone number. There are usernames now, I am unsure if you still require a phone number in order to sign up
there was this big drama over a very, very long-standing vulnerability regarding the desktop version of signal. Pretty big exploit imo. Only after it gained traction, Signal dev said they would fix it, CEO doubled down saying it was not a big issue. Unsure if it’s fixed now or not
Someone from a reputable Software Auditing company was blocked on twitter and github by Signal. Major red flag lol

However if you don’t feel the same way and still want to use Signal with some extra peace of mind, there is always the Signal fork “Molly”.

I moved to Session, which has lots it funding RIP and will be closing down soon. For now, I’m using Element and it’s going great so far.

liverstealer@lemmy.zip · 19 days

I have been using Bitwarden for around 7~ years. Subscription for this long too, at 10USD p/year. I will be switching due to lack of transparency, and would love to hear others thoughts on this.

The linked article goes into further detail, but here is a small summary that very much concern me / are sus:

that 10USD per year has gone up quietly . I just checked and I have no email telling me it’s increased. It renews in like 2 months, so this is good timing for me
Originally Bitwarden had values as apart of the acronym “GRIT”. Gratitude, Responsibility, Inclusion, and Transparency. They have changed the last two words to “Innovation, Trust”
There is now a new CEO, this was not announced and the only reason people outside of Bitwarden know is that someone saw this change on LinkedIn
The free tier momentarily disappeared from their product page for about a month (april14-may14). People were likely still able to make free accounts during this period. Bitwarden says it was a marketing mistake

The price hike is one thing, but for me the acronym change is most concerning, which is why I will be looking at another password manger (probably keepassxc)