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forced to buy an echo for new house. any suggestions? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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my family is moving into a much bigger house than we used to have. we use amazon echos as an intercom system through the announcement feature. because our house is bigger, i’m being forced to get one myself for my room. i haven’t needed one for years because i use their app on my phone and i can see their announcements as a notification and i can also kill off most of its tracking by DNS. unfortunately my parents don’t understand this and are forcing me to get one. what can i do to limit its tracking?

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does your family use password managers? (And dear god not Lastpass, with their breech a couple years ago).

What is the recomended password manager right now? Currently I still have google storing all my passwords but I'm working on degoogling so that will have to go at some point.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I personally use bitwarden. I like it because it has a flow of cash from corporate users paying for hosting that funds development meaning I know how they get their money. You can use Bitwarden's server if you don't need all the features or you are willing to pay or you can selfhost (which is what I do).

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    KeePass or something similar. Self-hosting your passwords is the only way, anything that uses servers that are not controlled by you is a no-go, in my opinion, no matter how secure your client is.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I would agree somewhat, except I think Bitwarden verifiably doesn't store unencrypted password data. Of course, I think that a self-hosted solution is pretty much always more secure than one that isn't, but the convenience Bitwarden provides is real.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    "Convenience" as in there is no need to host anything? May be, but, yet again, I would like to know the exact physical location of my passwords, otherwise I'm not saving them there. Apart from that, I don't think there are any more "benefits".

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