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I use LastPass and think it's great as well. I've tried to recommend it to others though and the common reply is "that doesn't sound secure enough for company p
by seanwilson 12y ago
I use LastPass and think it's great as well. I've tried to recommend it to others though and the common reply is "that doesn't sound secure enough for company policy".
They don't seem to realise though that their usual approach of sharing passwords over email, using the same password for several logins so it's easy to remember and using easy to remember passwords in general is much more insecure.
Services like LastPass make it practical for you to use impossible to guess passwords, different passwords for every site and let you share passwords securely.
- dikaiosune 12y agoMy key argument when I've convinced past employers to implement it: you already outsource all of the hard parts of your security. Antivirus, firewall, AD permissions, server config, all of it. They either bought a product to fit the need or hired a consultant to do the advanced stuff. $12/year is pretty cheap to hire a dedicated team of security wonks to safeguard your passwords, IMO.
- seanwilson 12y agoIt's not the cost that's the issue though, people don't like the idea of passwords being stored in a single place on a internet connected computer. I mention that you can secure password access behind two factor authentication but it doesn't get around the knee-jerk reaction often. Sharing lots of passwords when working with a team remotely is especially painful when password managers are not allowed...