{"slug": "proton-pass", "name": "Proton Pass", "category": "security", "category_name": "Security and passwords", "description": "Password and passkey manager from Proton, with vault sharing and email aliases.", "recommenders": 6, "commenters": 10, "warners": 0, "score": 6.665, "rising": 1.69, "first": "2026-05-13", "latest": "2026-10-14", "why": "Liked for passkeys that work reliably across every device and browser, plus simple credential and vault sharing and an easy import from other managers.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 8, "neutral": 2, "compare": 2, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 2, 2], "listed": true, "loved": ["Passkey support", "Cross-device use"], "caveat": "Passkey migration", "short_quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. 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Pas", "context": "", "use_case": "passwords and passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are not a trap"}, {"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 784130672, "item_id": 49008167, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008167", "by": "owaislone", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser.", "excerpt": "Answer to almost all of your questions is that it entirely depends on the service what kind of auth implementation they offer. I personally have completely adopted passkeys and use them with every service that allows it. I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser. This way all passkeys get stored in proton and I can login from any other personal device with proton setup.", "context": "", "use_case": "storing passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 784129041, "item_id": 49008065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008065", "by": "mingus88", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have chosen protonpass for my vault. I just tell my OS to save the passkey there and everything works pretty well.", "excerpt": "It\u2019s really not that hard. Most of your devices are in the Apple ecosystem and when you are prompted to create a passphrase it will ask you to put it in your iCloud Keychain. Boom, now it is available across all of those This is how it will work for most people who don\u2019t care about security and just casually use their devices. My boomer mom does this. It\u2019s better than the notebook full of handwritten passwords she wa", "context": "uses Linux and Apple", "use_case": "password and passkey vault", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}]}, {"text": " plus simple credential and vault sharing and an easy import from other managers.", "cites": [{"id": 792751520, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really enjoy Proton Pass", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "paid Proton subscriber", "use_case": "password management and sharing", "switched_from": "Vaultwarden", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 793076016, "item_id": 49567251, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567251", "by": "mplanchard", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Proton Pass yesterday, since I\u2019m already a subscriber to Proton Mail.", "excerpt": "I switched to Proton Pass yesterday, since I\u2019m already a subscriber to Proton Mail. Setup and import from 1PW was easy, took maybe 15 minutes tops. So far it has been working satisfactorily enough.", "context": "Proton Mail subscriber", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}]}, {"text": " Caveats are scattered rather than common: passkeys had to be re-enrolled when switching from another manager,", "cites": [{"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"text": " and one power user switched back to KeePassXC because the browser extension can't be fully operated by keyboard.", "cites": [{"id": 800577713, "item_id": 50036107, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036107", "by": "jonny2811", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "switched to proton pass after the release", "excerpt": "ive used keepassxc forever, switched to proton pass after the release, because i was managing my db in git and it was always a pain to keep in sync, but switched back a couple of weeks ago with exactly the same setup, syncthing and KeepassDx also works suprisingly well. mostly i was missing power user features and especially ux for the browser plugin, namely you can't operate it fully with the keyboard, with keepassx", "context": "", "use_case": "password manager", "switched_from": "KeePassXC", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Passkey support", "summary": "Commenters store all their passkeys in it and report no issues, including on Android.", "quotes": [{"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 792751520, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really enjoy Proton Pass", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "paid Proton subscriber", "use_case": "password management and sharing", "switched_from": "Vaultwarden", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 784130672, "item_id": 49008167, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008167", "by": "owaislone", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser.", "excerpt": "Answer to almost all of your questions is that it entirely depends on the service what kind of auth implementation they offer. I personally have completely adopted passkeys and use them with every service that allows it. I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser. This way all passkeys get stored in proton and I can login from any other personal device with proton setup.", "context": "", "use_case": "storing passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}]}, {"label": "Cross-device use", "summary": "Set as the default store on every device and browser, so logins follow the user everywhere.", "quotes": [{"id": 801451952, "item_id": 50090747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50090747", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass on every device I own (religiously) and have never had an issue.", "excerpt": "I use ProtonPass on every device I own (religiously) and have never had an issue. But it's because I'm very careful to only deal with any credential ever via ProtonPass. I can imagine it gets annoying very fast if you accidentally put a passkey in the wrong place, ie because Chrome proposes it's own credentials store. ProtonPass also lets me export the private parts so I'm not stuck as with some passkey managers. Pas", "context": "", "use_case": "passwords and passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are not a trap"}, {"id": 784130672, "item_id": 49008167, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008167", "by": "owaislone", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser.", "excerpt": "Answer to almost all of your questions is that it entirely depends on the service what kind of auth implementation they offer. I personally have completely adopted passkeys and use them with every service that allows it. I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser. This way all passkeys get stored in proton and I can login from any other personal device with proton setup.", "context": "", "use_case": "storing passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 784129041, "item_id": 49008065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008065", "by": "mingus88", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have chosen protonpass for my vault. I just tell my OS to save the passkey there and everything works pretty well.", "excerpt": "It\u2019s really not that hard. Most of your devices are in the Apple ecosystem and when you are prompted to create a passphrase it will ask you to put it in your iCloud Keychain. Boom, now it is available across all of those This is how it will work for most people who don\u2019t care about security and just casually use their devices. My boomer mom does this. It\u2019s better than the notebook full of handwritten passwords she wa", "context": "uses Linux and Apple", "use_case": "password and passkey vault", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}]}, {"label": "Easy sharing", "summary": "Sharing single credentials, whole vaults or time-limited links is called more intuitive than Bitwarden organizations.", "quotes": [{"id": 792751520, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really enjoy Proton Pass", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "paid Proton subscriber", "use_case": "password management and sharing", "switched_from": "Vaultwarden", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"label": "Easy migration", "summary": "Importing from 1Password took about 15 minutes and the switch from Bitwarden was otherwise seamless.", "quotes": [{"id": 793076016, "item_id": 49567251, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567251", "by": "mplanchard", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Proton Pass yesterday, since I\u2019m already a subscriber to Proton Mail.", "excerpt": "I switched to Proton Pass yesterday, since I\u2019m already a subscriber to Proton Mail. Setup and import from 1PW was easy, took maybe 15 minutes tops. So far it has been working satisfactorily enough.", "context": "Proton Mail subscriber", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}, {"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"label": "Passkey export", "summary": "It lets users export passkeys, so they are not locked in.", "quotes": [{"id": 801451952, "item_id": 50090747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50090747", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass on every device I own (religiously) and have never had an issue.", "excerpt": "I use ProtonPass on every device I own (religiously) and have never had an issue. But it's because I'm very careful to only deal with any credential ever via ProtonPass. I can imagine it gets annoying very fast if you accidentally put a passkey in the wrong place, ie because Chrome proposes it's own credentials store. ProtonPass also lets me export the private parts so I'm not stuck as with some passkey managers. Pas", "context": "", "use_case": "passwords and passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are not a trap"}, {"id": 784163377, "item_id": 49010211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010211", "by": "dfabulich", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC do support exporting passkeys to CSV", "excerpt": "> Every single major password manager supports export. They all support exporting passwords, but, check your CSV; you won't find any passkeys in the CSV export for Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 1Password, or LastPass. (Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC do support exporting passkeys to CSV, which undermines the phishing protections, at least somewhat. It\u2019s possible to trick you into exporting your passkeys fr", "context": "", "use_case": "passkey export", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}]}, {"label": "Browser extension", "summary": "One commenter calls the browser extension easy and sleek.", "quotes": [{"id": 770089360, "item_id": 48130585, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130585", "by": "FlamingMoe", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love the browser extension, so easy and sleek.", "excerpt": "As a ProtonPass-using neurotic, this is good to hear! Proton Pass is my default for all 2FA. I love the browser extension, so easy and sleek.", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA and passwords", "switched_from": "", "story": "Proton's password manager passes audit by top security firm \u2013 Proton"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Passkey migration", "summary": "Passkeys from Bitwarden could not be converted and had to be enrolled again.", "quotes": [{"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"label": "Power-user features", "summary": "A KeePassXC user missed power-user features and full keyboard control in the browser extension.", "quotes": [{"id": 800577713, "item_id": 50036107, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036107", "by": "jonny2811", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "switched to proton pass after the release", "excerpt": "ive used keepassxc forever, switched to proton pass after the release, because i was managing my db in git and it was always a pain to keep in sync, but switched back a couple of weeks ago with exactly the same setup, syncthing and KeepassDx also works suprisingly well. mostly i was missing power user features and especially ux for the browser plugin, namely you can't operate it fully with the keyboard, with keepassx", "context": "", "use_case": "password manager", "switched_from": "KeePassXC", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"label": "Export risk", "summary": "Passkey export to CSV somewhat weakens phishing protection, since users can be tricked into sending the file.", "quotes": [{"id": 784163377, "item_id": 49010211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010211", "by": "dfabulich", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC do support exporting passkeys to CSV", "excerpt": "> Every single major password manager supports export. They all support exporting passwords, but, check your CSV; you won't find any passkeys in the CSV export for Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 1Password, or LastPass. (Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC do support exporting passkeys to CSV, which undermines the phishing protections, at least somewhat. 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But it's because I'm very careful to only deal with any credential ever via ProtonPass. I can imagine it gets annoying very fast if you accidentally put a passkey in the wrong place, ie because Chrome proposes it's own credentials store. ProtonPass also lets me export the private parts so I'm not stuck as with some passkey managers. Pas", "context": "", "use_case": "passwords and passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are not a trap"}, {"id": 800577713, "item_id": 50036107, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036107", "by": "jonny2811", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "switched to proton pass after the release", "excerpt": "ive used keepassxc forever, switched to proton pass after the release, because i was managing my db in git and it was always a pain to keep in sync, but switched back a couple of weeks ago with exactly the same setup, syncthing and KeepassDx also works suprisingly well. mostly i was missing power user features and especially ux for the browser plugin, namely you can't operate it fully with the keyboard, with keepassx", "context": "", "use_case": "password manager", "switched_from": "KeePassXC", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 800553440, "item_id": 50034590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034590", "by": "mpern", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\".", "excerpt": "FWIW I moved to Proton Pass after I read the blog post months ago. The switch was seamless except for passkeys (had to enroll new ones; back then I only found a tool to convert Proton Pass passkeys to Bitwarden, but not the other way around) For me, Pass works much better, especially passkeys on Android. Bitwarden was very flaky in that regard, Proton Pass \"just works\". I use Pass for personal logins and sharing fami", "context": "", "use_case": "personal logins and family sharing", "switched_from": "Bitwarden", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 793093618, "item_id": 49568351, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568351", "by": "bicepjai", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Does Proton Pass have all these and if they have how is the appX ?", "excerpt": "Moved from LastPass because of sketchy behaviour, now we have to do this again. What happens to ethics in our society :) I love 1Password, how we can share password with link, they have it on all os and browsers; works well with Fastmail and other apps. Does Proton Pass have all these and if they have how is the appX ? Thanks", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}, {"id": 793076016, "item_id": 49567251, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567251", "by": "mplanchard", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I switched to Proton Pass yesterday, since I\u2019m already a subscriber to Proton Mail.", "excerpt": "I switched to Proton Pass yesterday, since I\u2019m already a subscriber to Proton Mail. Setup and import from 1PW was easy, took maybe 15 minutes tops. So far it has been working satisfactorily enough.", "context": "Proton Mail subscriber", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}, {"id": 792751520, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I really enjoy Proton Pass", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "paid Proton subscriber", "use_case": "password management and sharing", "switched_from": "Vaultwarden", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 784163377, "item_id": 49010211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010211", "by": "dfabulich", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC do support exporting passkeys to CSV", "excerpt": "> Every single major password manager supports export. They all support exporting passwords, but, check your CSV; you won't find any passkeys in the CSV export for Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, 1Password, or LastPass. (Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeepassXC do support exporting passkeys to CSV, which undermines the phishing protections, at least somewhat. It\u2019s possible to trick you into exporting your passkeys fr", "context": "", "use_case": "passkey export", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 784134240, "item_id": 49008390, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008390", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass and afaiu it just syncs the passkeys private part everywhere you need it. So it \u201cjust works\u201d.", "excerpt": "I use ProtonPass and afaiu it just syncs the passkeys private part everywhere you need it. So it \u201cjust works\u201d. This is better than just old fashioned credentials because the passkey only \u201ctriggers\u201d on the correct domain, so they can\u2019t be phished by other domains\u2026 Right?", "context": "", "use_case": "syncing passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 784130672, "item_id": 49008167, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008167", "by": "owaislone", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser.", "excerpt": "Answer to almost all of your questions is that it entirely depends on the service what kind of auth implementation they offer. I personally have completely adopted passkeys and use them with every service that allows it. I use ProtonPass and have made it the default password store on every device and browser. This way all passkeys get stored in proton and I can login from any other personal device with proton setup.", "context": "", "use_case": "storing passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 784129041, "item_id": 49008065, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008065", "by": "mingus88", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have chosen protonpass for my vault. I just tell my OS to save the passkey there and everything works pretty well.", "excerpt": "It\u2019s really not that hard. Most of your devices are in the Apple ecosystem and when you are prompted to create a passphrase it will ask you to put it in your iCloud Keychain. Boom, now it is available across all of those This is how it will work for most people who don\u2019t care about security and just casually use their devices. My boomer mom does this. It\u2019s better than the notebook full of handwritten passwords she wa", "context": "uses Linux and Apple", "use_case": "password and passkey vault", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 770897202, "item_id": 48181075, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48181075", "by": "xweb", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Will check out Vaultwarden, Proton Pass, Keepass, I guess.", "excerpt": "Thank you for this post/link. I have been side eyeing Bitwarden since they started ensh*ttifying the desktop UX last year to make it more like everything else and take up too much space. It had been working perfectly well for browser autofill - super fast and staying out of the way. Now it is bloated white space, slow, standardized UX elements like any SaaS built by AI. Will check out Vaultwarden, Proton Pass, Keepas", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden"}, {"id": 770089360, "item_id": 48130585, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130585", "by": "FlamingMoe", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love the browser extension, so easy and sleek.", "excerpt": "As a ProtonPass-using neurotic, this is good to hear! Proton Pass is my default for all 2FA. I love the browser extension, so easy and sleek.", "context": "", "use_case": "2FA and passwords", "switched_from": "", "story": "Proton's password manager passes audit by top security firm \u2013 Proton"}]}