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BBitwardenThe password manager to beat.Open source, audited, and the free tier is genuinely usable rather than a trap: unlimited passwords across unlimited devices. Moving off a browser's built-in store to this is the single highest-value hour most people can spend on their own security.The catch: The apps are functional rather than lovely, and autofill misfires on a stubborn minority of sites.DetailsTTailscaleYour devices, on one private network.Puts every machine you own on a private network as if they were in the same room, with no port forwarding and no VPN config to hand-write. Reach the home server from a phone on mobile data, and it simply works.The catch: Convenience depends on trusting Tailscale's coordination service, and the mental model takes an afternoon to click.DetailsHHave I Been PwnedFind out which breach had your email.Type an address and see which known breaches contained it, run for years as a public service with no upsell. The notification service is the useful half: it emails you when an address turns up in something new.The catch: It only knows about breaches that became public, so a clean result proves nothing.Details
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