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Henry interviews Ryan Luibrand from Bitwarden about password security, open source trust, and the LastPass breach.

Most people think their passwords are safe. Most people are wrong. Henry sits down with Ryan Luibrand, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bitwarden, to cover why open source changes the trust equation, the LastPass data breach, how KDF algorithms work, whether storing your TOTP codes in your password manager is a good idea, and more. 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS Written breakdown: https://techlore.tech/password-manager-security-explained-with-bitwarden/ Bitwarden: https://bitwarden.com Privacy Policy: https://bitwarden.com/privacy/ Compliance & Audit Reports: https://bitwarden.com/compliance/ Security White Paper: https://bitwarden.com/help/bitwarden-security-white-paper/ Security Readiness Kit: https://bitwarden.com/resources/bitwarden-security-readiness-kit/ HackerOne Bug Bounty: https://hackerone.com/bitwarden GitHub: https://github.com/bitwarden ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - INTRO (00:52) - RYAN'S BACKGROUND (02:07) - BITWARDEN ORIGINS (03:09) - BITWARDEN TEAM (03:29) - FUNDING (06:18) - OPEN SOURCE (08:18) - AUDITS (10:11) - FORKING (11:19) - INTERNAL VS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (12:21) - SELF-HOSTING (14:13) - NEW NATIVE APPS (16:38) - ARE PASSWORD MANAGERS SECURE? (21:08) - WHY USE…

People in this episode

Host: Henry

Guest: Ryan Luibrand

Topics covered

• password security
• open source
• data breach
• encryption
• password management

Keywords

• Bitwarden
• LastPass
• encryption
• password manager
• KDF algorithms
• TOTP codes
• open source

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitwarden, LastPass, HackerOne, GitHub

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