However, even given this, assuming that whatever mobile application you pick is not malicious, you keep a greater degree of control over where the main password safe file is kept than with a cloud password manager.
You now have to decide whether you trust the unofficial mobile ports to the same degree, which depends on your appetite for risk. You have made the decision that the official version of KeePass is trustworthy, and won't steal your passwords. Can you be sure that the copy of KeePass you have was built from the same code as you can download?
This applies to both open source and closed source software, unless you are examining the specific actions which are taken by the executing program. The problem with any application that can access your password safe contents is that it could potentially do anything with the passwords: send them to a server, save them on your hard drive in plain text format, delete them, change one character in every entry, etc. Is Keepass still secure when using such third party apps and is there any advantage of open-source if the app is closed source? Is there still a security advantage over a closed source commercial password manager? What happens if these apps are bad implemented or not maintained continously? Unfortunately these apps aren't official, but unofficial ports by other people. This brings the ability to keep the database offline and secret instead of storing it on a companys servers, like it's the case when you use password managers like LastPass, Dashlane, Keeper etc.įor me these are the main advantages of Keepass over commercial password managers.īecause I want to have my passwords with me wherever I go, I feel the need of using a mobile App (iOS) which is capable of handling Keepass databases. Furthermore the database which holds all passwords is stored wherever the user wants it to be. Keepass appears to be very secure, because it is open-source and the code is examined by a lot of independent people.
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