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Password manager and sync without clouds

First, install the password manager.

On windows 10, it is keepass. On linux, the debian package for keepass2 is available in the standard repository.

Since strong passwords are needed, either use the keepass password internal generator, or (maybe for the master password), install and use e.g. diceware or xkcdpass:

$ sudo pip install xkcdpass
$ xkcdpass -w "ita-wiki" -w "ger-anlx" -d ";"

It is not difficult to add more words lists, e.g. EFF wordlists or Diceware in italian.

After finishing the keepass installation, and creating a database,
install the KeePassBrowserImporter plugin plugin.

Then, import all passwords saved in (possibly) all google chrome/chromium profiles.

The next step is to

sync the database between devices.

According to the documentation, each node should have a local DB and a shared Dropbox DB.

To simplify, without extra plugins, just use Dropbox local daemon, syncing the database in the Apps/KeePass subfolder of the shared Dropbox folder. The istructions are not exactly one-line to follow, but require a few minutes for each computer to sync.

Finally,

print a KeePass Emergency Sheet. Also, just in case, a few backup copies and a few PassPhrases written in safe pieces of paper? Problem: in linux, due to some .NET issues, it is not possible to print the DB.