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I've been looking for a Lastpass alternative forever. Had no idea Dashlane existed, thanks!

by zachlatta 13y ago

codereflection 13y ago
Dashlane is pretty nice, I'm using it and RoboForm, which I've owned for years.
- zachlatta 13y ago
  How is RoboForm? I've never used them before.
  - codereflection 13y ago
    Showing it's age. They continue to update it, but it's definitely lacking in usability compared to Dashlane.
deelowe 13y ago
Why don't you like lastpass? Genuinely curious. I've been pretty happy with them.
- zachlatta 13y ago
  Mostly because the interface is clunky and I'd rather not be forced to have my passwords stored on a company's servers.
  - deelowe 13y ago
    Ahh. OK. One small nit. Passwords aren't stored, the has is. If you forget your lastpass password, there's no way to retrieve them. I'm OK with this, which is why I continue to use lastpass. That said, the interface is definitely terrible. It could use a refresh at this point.
    - codereflection 13y ago
      Dashlane's interface is really nice compared to Lastpass & RoboForm
    - zachlatta 13y ago
      What does "the has is" mean? To my understanding, encrypted passwords are stored on the company's servers and they are decrypted on the client-side. I don't know how they're storing their data, but I do know that we never know what the future holds. Those passwords that may be secure on their server today may easily be broken tomorrow. I'd rather by in control of my data.
      - deelowe 13y ago
        My apologies. You are correct. I wrote hash(actually typed "has") when I really meant that they are stored encrypted. I forget the algorithm that's used, but my understanding last I looked into it, the encryption lastpass uses is the best available.
kzahel 13y ago
I was inspired by a blog post I saw here and ended up creating a chrome web store app and an android app for creating site-specific passwords based on a master password. https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker_android https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker_android I simply don't trust 1password, lastpass, etc. The one problem I have is that many websites place artificial restrictions on password length, types of non-alphanumeric characters, requirements on number of numeric digits, etc. It would be nice if there were an updated collaborative list of these artificial restrictions somewhere. Currently I simply update the password generator to conform to these restrictions whenever I need to create a password for a dumb website.

I've been looking for a Lastpass alternative forever. Had no idea Dashlane existed, thanks!

codereflection 13y ago

Dashlane is pretty nice, I'm using it and RoboForm, which I've owned for years.

zachlatta 13y ago
How is RoboForm? I've never used them before.
- codereflection 13y ago
  Showing it's age. They continue to update it, but it's definitely lacking in usability compared to Dashlane.

deelowe 13y ago

Why don't you like lastpass? Genuinely curious. I've been pretty happy with them.

zachlatta 13y ago
Mostly because the interface is clunky and I'd rather not be forced to have my passwords stored on a company's servers.
- deelowe 13y ago
  Ahh. OK. One small nit. Passwords aren't stored, the has is. If you forget your lastpass password, there's no way to retrieve them. I'm OK with this, which is why I continue to use lastpass. That said, the interface is definitely terrible. It could use a refresh at this point.
  - codereflection 13y ago
    Dashlane's interface is really nice compared to Lastpass & RoboForm
  - zachlatta 13y ago
    What does "the has is" mean? To my understanding, encrypted passwords are stored on the company's servers and they are decrypted on the client-side. I don't know how they're storing their data, but I do know that we never know what the future holds. Those passwords that may be secure on their server today may easily be broken tomorrow. I'd rather by in control of my data.
    - deelowe 13y ago
      My apologies. You are correct. I wrote hash(actually typed "has") when I really meant that they are stored encrypted. I forget the algorithm that's used, but my understanding last I looked into it, the encryption lastpass uses is the best available.

kzahel 13y ago

I was inspired by a blog post I saw here and ended up creating a chrome web store app and an android app for creating site-specific passwords based on a master password. https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker_android https://github.com/kzahel/passwordmaker_android I simply don't trust 1password, lastpass, etc. The one problem I have is that many websites place artificial restrictions on password length, types of non-alphanumeric characters, requirements on number of numeric digits, etc. It would be nice if there were an updated collaborative list of these artificial restrictions somewhere. Currently I simply update the password generator to conform to these restrictions whenever I need to create a password for a dumb website.