Gabe: Hey, folks.
This is Gabe at Security Baron.
In today's world, privacy and protection are the name of the game.
Today, we're going to check out Enpass Password Manager to see what it can do for you.
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Gabe: In today's review of Enpass Password Manager, we'll go over some pros and cons,
its feature set, the subscription options, its customer support, before finally diving
into it's mobile application -- the Enpass app -- to make sure you have all the information
you need to make the right decision.
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Let's kick off today's review of Enpass Password Manager looking at some pros and cons, beginning
with the pros.
Enpass Manager, in terms of subscriptions, it's just a one-time fee.
You're not looking at a monthly recurring fee each month for using Enpass.
That probably goes to the point that it has all of the information locally encrypted.
They do not keep things on their servers.
In terms of privacy, Enpass is doing really well because everything is right there on
that device.
When it comes to cons, you're going to have to pay that one-time fee for each device that
you'd like to have associated with your Enpass account.
On top of that, you do not have the option to designate an emergency contact.
If you forget for any reason, hit your head, you may have an issue because once you forget
that master password, you will be locked out without that designated emergency contact.
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Gabe: Now that we've gone through the pros and cons of Enpass Password Manager, let's
check out the feature set.
The main feature for any password manager, Enpass is no different, is that vault of passwords.
Doing away with the need to remember countless passwords because you just have that one master
password that allows you to access all of your different logins and different information
you have out there on the Web.
One thing to note about that is that you cannot really just import from a browser directly
with Enpass.
You're going to have to get a properly formatted CSV file.
That should expedite the process of inputting your various passwords.
When it comes to what happens after that, you're going to put each of those to a password-strength
report that they provide for you at Enpass.
They'll tell you, "This is an old password, a weak password, or a repeated password."
You can actually use a password generator built into both the mobile and desktop app
for Enpass to create new, stronger passwords.
It'll actually even give you the option to change up the manner by which you set up those
passwords.
The best part is once you've set that up and started to put in your information, it can
auto-fill different forms for you on the Internet.
You don't have to go through that process of putting in your name, phone number, or
something like that.
In terms of protection, you also have the industry standards in password cracking and
encryption with Enpass Password Manager.
If you ever need to share any of your passwords, you can do so with a pre-shared security key.
When it comes to storage on Enpass Password Manager, it's all dependent on you.
You can decide to go with iCloud or Dropbox or Google Drive because remember, they do
not keep your data in their own servers.
While it may not be the most extensive password manager that we've seen, there's more to Enpass
Password Manager than initially meets the eye.
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Now that we've gone over the pros and cons and the feature set, let's check out the subscription
option for Enpass.
While most password managers have monthly or annual rates, Enpass is a flat one-time
fee per device.
If I want to use it on my iPhone, I'm going to pay $11.99.
There it is on my iPhone.
If I want to use it on my MacBook, I'm going to pay $11.99, and that's it for my MacBook.
Something to keep in mind.
It may be a little bit more expensive in the short-term.
We do think that, overall, this is a less expensive option, generally speaking.
One thing to note is that they do not offer family or business plans.
They're very much geared towards individuals and just one device at a time, which is something
to keep in mind when looking at the subscription options for Enpass Password Manager.
I want to talk about the customer support for Enpass Password Manager.
Enpass Password Manager does have an online FAQ that can help you answer your questions.
You can email them, and you can even give them a call between 11:00 and 6:00 IST.
We reached out to them on a number of occasions because we really wanted to bolster what we
couldn't find on the Internet.
There were essentially no reviews out there related to the customer support for Enpass.
Even in our experience, no one got back to us.
We reached out, we got a form response thanking us for reaching out, but we did not ever get
an actual answer to any of the questions that we asked.
It does seem that customer support is a major drawback for Enpass Password Manager.
The final thing I want to delve into today is the Enpass mobile application.
You can find Enpass on a host of devices -- Androids, iOSs, Mac, Windows, even some version of the
application exists on Linux.
In the Apple app and Google Play Store, people seem to be particularly liking their experience,
where it has a 4.6 in each of those stores.
Let's go ahead and check it out.
I mean that space for your interfacing with everything on my iPhone 7 Plus.
Here I am in the Enpass mobile application on my iPhone 7 Plus.
You see here in the initial, let's call it the home page, it says "All items."
At the top, you have "Your favorites," then below that you have various different accounts
and logins that you can use.
One thing I want to break down about this first page is that you can go ahead and search
for anything by fields, titles, and passwords right there in the "All items" section.
In the upper left-hand corner, you see a cloud.
Let's tap on that cloud.
In the cloud, you have your various items.
One thing to note about Enpass is that it is one of the most impressive password managers
when it comes to privacy.
You actually have to sync your various accounts in some cloud, or another.
If you go into your iPhone, you may use iCloud like we did.
You can also use Dropbox, Google Drive, or just a host of options.
We'll get out of here.
If you want to add a new item on the opposite side, you'll see that plus sign.
Tap on that, and then you see all of these different groups.
What I like about the "All items" page, and scrolling here is that there're so many different
things you can put in.
My two that I really like are the lens prescription because, as you all know, I wear glasses,
and the cloth size.
If I'm really in a bind, I need to buy a suit, let's say I'm in a wedding somewhere, I can
go here, and remember exactly what my sizes are for anything I might need.
If I keep going up, you have your travel details.
You have your licence details, finance.
Let's go ahead and look at these groups.
If we go into the categories, you'll see the various logins, credit card, identity like
your driver's licence or passport.
You have a note.
You can also put in your credit card, bank information, computer information, if you
have various servers that you need to use for different things, and there's the need
to put in a password.
All that's there.
It is really helpful because you can put in different tags.
If you put in these tags, you'll actually be able to group things without putting them
in the same group.
If you, for example, have your passport or various notes about travel that you need to
remember, you can just tag all of those notes with the word "passport."
When you're searching through your password manager, everything you need related to a
trip you're taking abroad can be in the same place.
That's something I find really helpful, and where Enpass really shows that it has some
depth to it.
Let's go ahead out of here, and look at "Audit."
In "Audit," you get an analysis of the data you've saved in Enpass.
You can look at what you've had that has been found on a data breach.
You see here, in "My audit," it says I've been poned when it comes to my wireless router.
The passwords from these items have been found in data breaches, and must never be used.
I need to go ahead and switch out my router password.
If I go to the next one, it says, "These are all weak."
All of these different passwords for these sites are weak passwords.
You can also see which ones are identical.
If I want to fix these, I can generate a strong password right here in the auditing tab.
I go to "Generate password."
You'll see here that there's a password being generated.
I can change the length of the words, which is pretty cool.
I can make the words pronounceable or not.
I can include uppercase, digits.
I can separate them by dollar signs, spaces, hyphens, or periods.
It's pretty interesting and useful to have this level of versatility in creating your
own passwords.
You can just decide.
If you want to make it easier or harder to remember for yourself, you can do it all within
the app.
The final thing I'd note is the settings.
Enpass doesn't have the most features of any other password managers that we've seen but
it does definitely have some depth to it.
You can see that in the settings in terms of syncing, creating a new vault, looking
at your general settings, security, Apple Watch.
You can also have it auto-fill various elements.
If you're filling out something online, you can go to your iPhone settings, and just set
it up so that Enpass will fill it out for you.
I honestly think that auto-fill element is one of the more useful pieces of using a password
manager.
We're back at the home page, "All items."
That's our look at Enpass Password Manager's mobile application.
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Gabe: We've come a long way with Enpass.
You want to know, "Gabe, what are the things I would love about Enpass?
What are the things I may not love so much?"
I'll tell you.
When it comes to Enpass, it is really affordable.
$11.99 for one device a lifetime is pretty great.
Even when it comes to privacy, I like that element of it.
They don't put things into their servers.
You can have everything locally encrypted to your device, or you can decide how you
trust your particular cloud service of choice, be it iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive.
You get the idea.
There are a host of different cloud services that do work with Enpass.
Things I'm not loving so much about Enpass is the fact that I cannot designate an emergency
contact.
I'm going snowboarding this weekend.
I want to make sure if I hit my head, I can get back into my device.
There's no way to do that.
There's no designating in that emergency contact like mom or girlfriend.
It's just not going to happen.
When it comes to customer support, it doesn't seem to be the move with Enpass.
We had some difficulties getting in touch with them.
If customer support is something you're looking for, you may want to look somewhere else.
Overall, for $11.99 for each device, it's a solid choice for your password manager.
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Gabe: That concludes our review of Enpass Password Manager.
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As always, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
Be secure.
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