Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Are you able to make local, encrypted backups and view them later with offline software?

Any password manager that doesn't offer this is a non-starter for me. I don't want to be caught unawares when the vendor who makes my cloud-based password manager suddenly goes out of business (or if it's suffering a network outage when I really need to log in somewhere).



Yep, 1Password makes regular encrypted backups in a fully specified file format[0].

I've seen them used to implement 3rd party clients, so there are a few implementations out there.

[0]: https://support.1password.com/opvault-design/


The subscription service is just used to sync between devices, i.e. the app works completely offline once synced. You can do the same with Dropbox without a subscription, but in that case you'll need an app license (which you can no longer buy separately). The subscription bundles the app license + syncing, for $2.99 a month.


Thanks for the responses. Not sure why my question (/opinion) was downvoted below zero, maybe it's obvious to 1Passwd users, but in any case I appreciate the answers.


The cloud component is only for synchronization of passwords between devices. No network connectivity is required otherwise.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: