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I appreciate Enpass because it allows me to decide where my data is stored while simultaneously synchronizing across all my devices. It's quite impressive. Now, they have incorporated Wi-Fi sync, which eliminates the need for cloud-based synchronization.
I'm probably an ignorant paranoid about them, I know I should google a bit of them, but instead I'm going for the ol' trusty ask the community.
Do they save your passwords locally or in the cloud? If locally, what if I want to sign in in another device? What if I lose the device I have my passwords on? What if they hack my device? If in the cloud: How can I know the service is not stealing my information? If I can access it anywhere, wouldn't that mean it also needs a password? Wouldn't that make it twice as unsafe as it would only take one password to access the rest?
Edit: Damn, I got extremely useful answers, I'm starting to like lemmy!
I use 1Password Family to manage mine and my parents and it's great. I wouldn't do without.
password manager saves time. why not
Using Google' Pass Manager, it's really good sync across your devices if logged in with your Google account. It's not that good that it's embedded inside Chrome app on Android, it's might be much better if there's a dedicated client.
How do I get started to use one? Do I need to change the password for everything for the first time?
Edit: Thanks for such detailed responses everyone. Installed Bitwarden.
You don't need to, but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea unless you were already using fairly complex passwords.
For a lot of them, you set up the service, then as you log into things, it asks if you'd like to save the login credentials you just used.
You need to first pick a password manager, imo bitwarden is the best. You set up which email and master password, and then you start going around to all the sites you frequently use and logging in, so the password manager offers to save the password. Once you've got your main sites, usually there is a security option that shows you which sites have weak passwords or where you've reused a password a lot (on bitwarden it's only on the site, not the app https://bitwarden.com/help/reports/). Those are the ones that probably need changed first. You can then add your less frequently used sites over time as you use them.
It can be some work to initially set up, but once it's done you're pretty much set. I went from reusing the same 3-4 passwords everywhere to having a unique login for every site. Seeing 210 saved logins really puts into perspective how much a password manager helps tbh.