![]() ![]() After using the Windows one for around 4 years now, I can’t imagine not having it. The problem with disabling the history is with the productivity benefits the clipboard history gives to the users. ![]() Sorry you asked how to replicate it so I just gave you the method quickly for the Windows 10 aspect of the thread Otherwise it looks like software that is released without actual functionality, so lets make it happen! If you have a setting that claims to clear the clipboard then make that happen. With all that said, I do implore Bit Warden to clean up the code in regards to clearing the clip board. (which I have not even heard of happening, so really its kind of a paper tiger) That is a huge security bonus that outweighs any minor risk from a clip board manager hack. Even if BW servers got hacked they got nothing, they don’t keep your vault passwords, that is completely in your hands. It has top grade 256 AES encryption, and it is non-custodial. ![]() Ultimately when you look at the overall security of Bit Warden its a wise choice. If I can manually copy paste a password, I can just as quickly clear it from the clip board. While the copy/paste clipboard thing is a minor issue, I have faith in my desktops security and in google chrome security. I am also an ardent believer in Open Source software so for me Bit Warden get my vote. Since I am a Linux user I am conditioned by default to less then polished perfect software and have adapted to work around minor issues of inconvenience. For me though, at some point I have to make a choice and run with it. In the end I will admit I have not found a reasonable solution myself. I must point out that BW is not the only password manager that I have experienced this ‘flaw’ with, but at the same time there do appear to be some options out there that seem to have implemented a solution to this issue.ĭoes anyone know if there any plans for this aspect of BW to be improved at all in the near future, please, because if not I think I’ll have to opt for another password manager that does seem to have this covered?Īlso here is quick bit warden article on using auto fill for passwords that avoid the copy paste shuffle, but only seems to be if your using the browser plug in or phone app. I suspect the response to this will be to avoid using copy/paste for login credentials and instead rely on autofill or typed entry, which is fine, but I guess my overriding question is why is copy/paste available as an option when it seems to be inherently insecure? Unless I’m missing something really obvious, this seems like a significant security risk for a solution that is supposed to tighten up a user’s digital security. I do not have Windows clipboard history enabled on my laptop (but if I do activate it any copied passwords remain visible until manually cleared or overwritten when the clipboard reaches capacity) but I cannot find a way of preventing Android/Microsoft Swiftkey from retaining multiple clipboard items, including any passwords that may have been copied from BW. I use Windows 10 on my laptop and Android 11 with Microsoft Swiftkey on my smartphone. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time researching and testing various password managers recently and had almost settled on BitWarden (BW) as my preferred option but at the eleventh hour I was alarmed to discover that when using the copy/paste password option in BW the copied items remain visible in the clipboard history even after the configured ‘Clear Clipboard’ period has elapsed. I have discovered a number of threads on the following topic in this community but none of those that I have come across have provided me with a satisfactory answer, hence my own post on the subject. ![]()
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