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Of course, you do now have to trust LastPass! I do, and it's fantastic the difference it makes in these situations. No sick feeling in your stomach, no rush to
by ZoFreX 16y ago
Of course, you do now have to trust LastPass! I do, and it's fantastic the difference it makes in these situations. No sick feeling in your stomach, no rush to change passwords everywhere, a few clicks and the problem is solved. Extra credit: use their security challenge to verify you're not using the same password on more than one website: https://lastpass.com/?securitychallenge https://lastpass.com/?securitychallenge
- thalur 16y agoI've been looking at switching to a password manager like that, but I've been having trouble knowing how to pick one that a) I can trust and b) is good. I was thinking of giving up and just using a plain text file inside a truecrypt file.
- stcredzero 16y agoKeePass. Using KeePass 1 format means I can run my password crypt on Windows, OS X, and Linux. I just keep the database file on Dropbox.
- ZoFreX 16y agoA lot of people seem to do this, so I'm curious - what are the advantages compared to e.g. LastPass? Also, how well does it hold up if you used two devices simultaneously?
- stcredzero 16y agoKeePass writes out a lock file, so the other instances will warn you and you can tell them to open the database as read-only. Advantages? I guess I should try out LastPass. Free or $1/month premium is a good price.
- ZoFreX 16y agoCool. I always saw this as a limitation but honestly it's very, very rare that I need simultaneous write - just simultaneous read. I will start recommending KeePass + Dropbox to those who don't trust LastPass. What's KeePass's browser integration like?
- ZoFreX 16y agoI can't really help you with a, that's largely dependent on you. Whether it meets requirement b depends on how you're going to be using it, really. My use case is mostly websites, in Firefox and Chrome, and occasionally on my Android phone. I wanted the UI to integrate nicely with the browser, to be able to store other passwords besides, for the architecture to be secure (passwords are always encrypted with your master password before going to their servers, and your password is never transmitted to them), for it to have two-factor authentication, to sync automatically, and for it to have a website backup for access without the extension. LastPass fit all these, but it might not fit your usage requirements. However, I would urge you to investigate it and all other options (KeePass seems popular, as are some other Firefox extensions) if you don't currently have a good password solution, as any of these is better than using the same password multiple places.
- run4yourlives 16y ago>Of course, you do now have to trust LastPass! PassPack doesn't have this issue. Even they can't read your passwords.
- w1ntermute 16y agoNeither can LastPass. All your data is encrypted before it's sent to their servers. It's only decrypted client-side.
- ZoFreX 16y agoRight, but you have to take their word for that (not exclusive to LastPass, goes for any service like this). So ultimately, you still have to trust them.