In the web-first Dashlane experience, the extension and web app work hand-in-hand to offer you the richest and most secure experience, including our vastly improved autofill. Plus, you still enjoy offline access to your Vault, as long as you have previously logged in, authorized the device, and do not have 2FA enabled for each login.
But you may be wondering: is the web app is secure? We'll try to answer this question in this article.
Security architecture
While this new platform may look and feel different, the underlying architecture at the foundation of Dashlane hasn't changed. More specifically, our commitment to zero-knowledge remains unwavering. Zero-knowledge means that only you can access your data—neither Dashlane nor a hacker can see the contents of your account. In order to do this, Dashlane encrypts data locally on your device rather than on a remote server, a process the web-first experience still follows.
For more information, please check out our new blog post: Building for Security in a Browser Environment.
Using Dashlane without the browser extension
If you are against the installation and usage of our browser extension, you can always access your Dashlane account and all your data in our web view at app.dashlane.com. However, note that this will not allow you to use the autofill feature and you'll have to rely on copy/paste or manual typing to access your online accounts.