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Is the Proton (Mail, VPN, Password Manager) ecosystem any good?
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this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2024
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I am asking here because it sounds like you might have first hand knowledge. I currently use LastPass for a password manager and I really like it's integratiom with the Android phone and using it within app and on websites.
How is the integration of Proton into the phone? I don't want to have to open a different app and copy/ paste the password.
Thank you.
Lastpass is the last password manager you should be using. They've had tons of data stolen, bitwarden is decent on android so I just stick to that. Should probably change passwords after switching over.
You need to take all your passwords out of LastPass and move to anything else. Bitwarden, ProtonPass, KeyPass, even Nextcloud, but run away from LastPass as soon as humanly possible. That shit and screaming your credentials at the top of your lungs while someone records it is the same crap.
It's actually great. How it works most of the time is you highlight the text box in whatever app, and if proton thinks its a login box (it has like 90% accuracy) it will make a button pop up above the keyboard. Tap it, it opens proton and suggests the account it thinks this app uses. You can tap fill or search for another account. You can then tell it to always use this account for this app, or only this time. Then it goes back to the app you were in automatically and fills it. Next time you fill it there, it doesn't need to open the app, it will just fill it.
This requires that you give it screen reading permissions IIRC but you can disable that. If you dont want this feature. Also, if you have auto lock enabled it will ask you for your password or biometric (if enabled) before auto filling or opening automatically.
I used to use dash lane and I've found that proton works a bit better than that on my pixel 7.
Oh and if you're using a browser it will not ask "every time for this app" and will try to use the website you're connected to instead. I think.
Thank you for your detailed answer. I'll have to give it a try.
Please, I beg of you to switch to a decent password manager. 1password, Bitwarden, keepassxc, and Proton Pass.