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Outer Corner
Company blog · outercorner.com · on HN as pfandradesecurityprogramming
Outer Corner is the company blog at outercorner.com, writing about security and programming. Since 2016, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Secrets”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Outer Corner for Secrets, a Mac and iOS password manager with local vaults, iCloud sync and a one-time price, offered as an alternative to 1Password's subscription model.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Outer Corner is an independent Lisbon studio making thoughtful apps for Apple devices.
Most-linked posts?
- Secrets6 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2016-11-14
- How does Secrets store your data?3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-08-25
What Hacker News says?
As others have said, i much prefer to keep my password vault and hosting of it separate. Being forced into a 1P subscription feels like a downgrade to me. I've been a faithful customer for years, and have used iCloud synchronization for years as well. My entire household uses the app (through family sharing). Self hosting it is not an option for me (i know how to, and that's why it's off the table), and purchasing a…
Comment linking /secrets-ios/
on “1Password 8 will be subscription only and won’t support local vaults”Submitted Show HN: Secrets 2 – Simple, secure password manager for Mac and iOS as a story · 54 points
HN discussionI gave up with 1Password around version 7 because of the push for subscriptions and switched to Secrets (Mac and iOS) - https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/
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on “1Password 8 will be subscription only and won’t support local vaults”Submitted Show HN: Secrets – A password manager using Sodium and Noise protocol as a story · 21 points
HN discussion> So hopefully someone else, maybe a lone develop that doesn’t need perpetual growth, will make a good, standalone, native Mac password manager. You may wish to look into Secrets: https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/
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on “1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults”Submitted Show HN: Use iPhone as a password manager for your desktop PC as a story · 20 points
HN discussionIf you don't need shared vaults, Secrets [0] is superb, it's a lot like the last good version of 1Password before they started removing features and forcing people into cloud storage and subscriptions. [0] https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/
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on “1Password delisting forum posts critical of their new Electron based 1Password 8”Submitted How does Secrets store your data? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSecrets is a good alternative (Mac + iOS only): https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/ Details on how Secrets store data: https://outercorner.com/2016/08/01/storage_format.html
Comment linking /2016/08/01/storage_format.html
on “Ask HN: What is your password management solution?”Submitted Secrets as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI’ve recently jumped the 1Password ship myself. I work mostly on Mac and iOS, so it was a no-brainer to switch to Secrets[0]. One time purchase, indie devs, support for use on Windows / Linux etc. Been very happy thus far. [0]: https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/
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on “I’m Disappointed with 1Password”If you don't need shared vaults, Secrets [0] is excellent and feels a lot like the last good version of 1Password before they started down their current path of destroying both their product and their reputation. [0] https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/
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on “1Password to Add Telemetry”No untrusted component will have access to your data without user confirmation. This means you'll always have to click a button on the main app to fill a login for example. There are two ways in which logins are filled in the browser: - One is based on OS X Automation and AppleScript (this will work with Chrome and Safari without our Safari App Extension enabled). Succinctly, with this solution, Secrets will execute…
Comment linking /2016/10/19/version_1.4.0.html
on “Show HN: Secrets 2 – Simple, secure password manager for Mac and iOS”It's stored on your local hard drive. We have more information here: https://outercorner.com/2016/08/01/storage_format.html
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on “Show HN: Secrets 2 – Simple, secure password manager for Mac and iOS”By using an open standard to store your data besides being as transparent as possible on the storage format which you can verify on your own using third party tools (we have a post about that https://outercorner.com/2016/08/01/storage_format.html ) we also benefit for the scrutiny OpenPGP as been through. We also wanted to make a simpler and safer option (and in our eyes, more pleasant to look at) to existing passwo…
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on “Show HN: Secrets 2 – Simple, secure password manager for Mac and iOS”Does anyone have experience using the Secrets[1] password manager on MacOS and iOS or opinions on how it compares to 1Password security wise? It seems to allow local vaults with iCloud Sync and the pricing is a one time payment as opposed to a recurring subscription model. [1] https://outercorner.com/
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on “1Password moving from local storage to cloud subscription”I hate what 1Password has become, and how user-hostile Agile Bits are. BUT after the last bait and switch they pulled I tested _every single password manager on the market_, and the bad news is that the others are all worse. The only two I found that I liked, but sadly lacked at least one feature that we need, were Secrets [0] and Elpass [1]. I think both might fail your requirements list too. I've begrudgingly had…
Comment linking /secrets-mac/
on “Ask HN: What password managers can you recommend?”I use Secrets ( https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/ ) which syncs via iCloud. Definitely not perfect, especially if you're not heavily within the Apple ecosystem, but at least it's native and doesn't require a subscription.
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on “Ask HN: What is the best password manager available today?”
