The post How to change the default KeePass password options appeared first on BardTech . KeePass is an open source password manager for the Windows operating system (and other operating systems thanks to ports) that ticks all the right boxes for me. While I can understand the appeal of cloud-based password managers — access your passwords everywhere as long as you have your credentials for the account at hand — it is always overshadowed by the fact that your data is saved in the cloud which has privacy and security implications. The past has shown that servers operated by companies that operated password managers are high profile targets that may get breached just like any other server and that they are not without security issues either . It should be clear that the same thing can happen to your own system but the difference is that you have full control over your own system whereas you have zero control over how your data is stored or processed if you use an online manager. ...