Password managers
NordPass privacy rating
Closed source password manager from Nord Security, the company behind NordVPN, with desktop, mobile and browser apps. Vaults are encrypted on the device with XChaCha20 and synced through NordPass servers.
Summary
NordPass scores 45 out of 100 (grade D) on the password managers criteria. It meets 4 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, end-to-end encrypted vault and full export. It partly meets independent audit and local or self-hosted option. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.
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 Android app contains AppsFlyer, Google Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics and Sentry.
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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 Nord does not sell or share personal information.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Cure53 audited the apps, but only a summary is public and it is older than three years.
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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?
Zero-knowledge design: vault data is encrypted on the device and NordPass cannot read it.
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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 NordPass 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 vault items to a CSV file.
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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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (55/100+)
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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.