Tether launches PearPass password manager
A peer-to-peer password manager that keeps credentials only on users' devices.
Tether has launched PearPass, a peer-to-peer password manager that stores every credential only on the user’s own device and never in the cloud.
The company said in a statement that PearPass removes servers, middlemen and centralized storage while enabling encrypted, direct synchronization across selected user devices. The announcement noted that billions of login credentials have leaked in major breaches and that cloud-based managers are prime targets for attackers.
PearPass includes peer-to-peer data synchronization, a built-in password generator and end-to-end encryption using open-source cryptographic libraries. “PearPass removes the single point of failure. No servers, no intermediaries, no back doors. Recovery and synchronization across users’ devices happens peer-to-peer, with your keys, under your control, without gatekeepers. This is security that can’t be switched off, seized, or compromised, because it was never in someone else’s hands to begin with,” Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, said.
The company said the app is fully open-source and community-audited and that it underwent an independent security audit by Secfault Security. PearPass is described as the first fully open-source app developed on the Pears ecosystem and part of a broader effort to build decentralized, resilient tools.
PearPass will be available for free download across major platforms, the company said. More information is available at https://pass.pears.com/.
The Recap
- Tether launched PearPass, a peer-to-peer password manager that stores credentials locally.
- Credentials are never stored outside users' devices, the company said.
- PearPass will be available for free download across major platforms.
