Proton Pass now supports passkeys on all devices and plans: Beating Bitwarden to mobile devices

Passkeys are an easy and secure alternative to traditional passwords that can help prevent phishing attacks and make your online experience smoother and safer.

Unfortunately, Big Tech’s rollout of this technology prioritized using passkeys to lock people into their walled gardens over providing universal security for everyone (you have to use their platform, which often does not work across all platforms). And many password managers only support passkeys on specific platforms or provide them with paid plans, meaning you only get to reap passkeys’ security benefits if you can afford them.

They’ve reimagined passkeys, helping them reach their full potential as free, universal, and open-source tech. They have made online privacy and security accessible to everyone, regardless of what device you use or your ability to pay.

I’m still a paying customer of Bitwarden as Proton Pass was up to now still not doing everything, but this may make me re-evaluate using Proton Pass as I’m also a paying customer of Proton Pass. It certainly looks like Proton Pass is advancing at quite a pace, and Proton has already built up a good reputation for private e-mail and an excellent VPN client.

Proton is also the ONLY passkey provider that I’ve seen allowing you to store, share, and export passkeys just like you can with passwords!

See https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-passkeys
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Proton launches its password manager Proton Pass: But you may still want to consider Bitwarden for these reasons

The company plans to open source Proton Pass so that security experts can verify the security model. There will be security audits, security reports and a bug bounty program as well.

Credit card autofilling would be useful too. But the basic version of Proton Pass is free with support for multiple devices.

Users can also get a premium subscription, which includes unlimited email aliases instead of 10 and the two-factor authentication feature I mentioned earlier. It will soon also include the ability to create shared vaults so that users can safely share passwords with family members and friends. If you’re already a Proton subscriber, the premium features for Proton Pass are included in Proton’s Unlimited and Family plans. Otherwise, the premium version of Proton Pass will cost $2.99 to $4.99 per month based on the subscription length.

Even for me as an existing Proton VPN paying member, I’d have to pay up $4 per month for the unlimited tier to get paid access to Proton Pass. I’m paying around $1 per month currently for open source Bitwarden password manager.

Both have unlimited password capability and are cross-platform, but Bitwarden does also already have credit card filling as well as also vault sharing.

What Proton Pass includes in its paid model is the unlimited email aliases. For Bitwarden, it will only generate unlimited email aliases for an existing email address you have (with the plus addressed mail), or using your domain’s catch-all email, or link to other paid email alias services. And of course with Bitwarden you can self-host a full service yourself if you wish to.

But if one was to just consider the free tier for both password managers, then Proton Pass may be an equally good choice (once it gets credit card form filling).

See https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/28/proton-launches-its-password-manager-proton-pass/
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Proton launches an end-to-end encrypted password manager, but it’s going to have to handle passkeys

While the service will eventually become free for everyone to use, it’s currently only available as a beta to Proton’s Lifetime and Visionary users for now.

As is the case with Proton’s other products, Proton Pass uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE) that’s supposed to keep your personal information away from prying eyes, including third parties and Proton itself. In addition to letting you store your usernames, passwords, and notes, you can also add any randomly generated email aliases that you can use as a replacement for your real address.

Proton plans on making its password manager open source once it’s released to the public and is also offering up to $10,000 in rewards for security researchers who can find vulnerabilities within Proton Pass and its other products.

So, it seems to tick all the boxes, and it just needs to still publish a browser extension for Firefox. But it is 2023 and the world is in the process of starting a migration away from site passwords, to using passkeys. So one hopes that this planning is also in the works for Proton Pass.

See https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23691097/proton-end-to-end-encrypted-password-manager-e2ee
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