Password managers
Keeper privacy rating
Closed source password manager from Keeper Security with apps for desktop, mobile and browsers. Records are encrypted on the device with per-record keys, and the company also sells secrets and privileged access management for businesses.
Summary
Keeper scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) on the password managers criteria. It meets 5 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, security headers, end-to-end encrypted vault and full export. It partly meets local or self-hosted option. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.
Score 45 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The apps have no known trackers, but the website loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook, Bing and LinkedIn tracking.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by subscriptions, and the privacy policy says Keeper does not sell or share personal information.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Third-party penetration tests are described, but no audit report is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
End-to-end encrypted vault Weight 3 of 3
Is the vault encrypted on the device before it is synced, with a key the provider does not hold?
Records are encrypted on the device with AES-256 keys that Keeper does not hold.
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Partial
Local or self-hosted option Weight 2 of 3
Can the vault be kept locally or on your own server?
Vaults are stored only in the Keeper cloud. Data can be exported.
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Yes
Full export Weight 1 of 3
Can every item be exported in an open format?
Exports to CSV, JSON, PDF and encrypted KeePass files.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Yes
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+ (120/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.