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I have the same disappointing experience with LastPass and have grown tired of it. One of these days I will do something about it!
by mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
I have the same disappointing experience with LastPass and have grown tired of it. One of these days I will do something about it!
- stingraycharles 8y agoCheck out Keepass! Rather than syncing directly into a Cloud, it allows you to store a database file into any location. It supports MFA (e.g. by combining a password with a secret file, or a Yubikey). And everything is open-source. I like the model a lot, because it solves the "database ownership" issue, where your Password provider (be it LastPass, 1Password, etc) becomes in itself a weak link.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoI used to use KeePass but the lack of a proper crossplatform UI eventually broke it for me; KeePassX on linux looked and performed terribly, the Android app was just bad, etc etc etc. I switched to 1password which - at least at the time - offered a web-based fallback hosted from your own dropbox. Plus at the time you owned the data and were responsible for storing and syncing it. Dropbox support came out of the box but if you want you can use a local file.
- stingraycharles 8y agoYeah you're right, I believe it's based on .NET so on Linux you'll have to use Mono. For the plugin ecosystem, that's suboptimal because you'll have to rebuild a lot of plugins from scratch. I used to be a 1password user, but they were pushing their premium, cloud-based offering a lot and lacked Yubikey support so I switched away.
- falcolas 8y agoHave another look at KeePass. They recently got a native Mac implementation, and I seem to recall seeing a new one for Linux at the time. On the Mac, KeePass now feels like a better experience than having to pay a subscription for 1password.
- jsmit 8y agoOr MacPass for macOS, which was a very slick alternative to the KeePass application at the time.
- resonious 8y agoKeePassXC works great for me on Linux, Windows, Mac, and Android.
- StavrosK 8y agoI'm a super happy user of KeePass too, and KeePass2Android is the best password management app I've ever used.
- jamescampbell 8y agoKeepass is great, but it is somewhat slower and more clicks to get passwords into forms as opposed to 1Password or LastPass.
- cicero 8y agoI have used Keypass for years. It is not as convenient as some of the alternatives, but I trust it more.
- nvarsj 8y agoI'm in the same boat. The user experience on it is terrible now. The worse thing that happens to me is if I generate a password, and then Lastpass doesn't save it! It feels like a 50% shot it will actually save the generated password. I have nearly 1000 passwords stored in it now, so it's going to be a huge pain to migrate.
- fredley 8y agoThis is by far the worst. I have LP set up with a shortcut + fingerprint tap on my MBP, which works great until I'm generating a password, which never gets saved. I have to remember to get my vault page open ready to fill in before I generate the password, because if I generate one from the toolbar dropdown I'll never see it again. Ugh.
- xtracto 8y agoLastPass Mobile UI seems to be intentionally crippled ( https://vgy.me/9r29bm.jpg https://vgy.me/9r29bm.jpg ) I assume because they want you to download the app, pushing you to purchase their license. If you load the same site using "load desktop site" the UI gets fixed.