Hacked Passwords - LastPass

In My Humble Opinion
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With all the recent news of hackers getting millions (billions?) of usernames and passwords, I’ve gone around and changed all my passwords. One doesn’t realize how many passwords you have until you change them all at once.

I started looking around for a password manager and PCMagazine reviews LastPass as one of the best. I’m considering purchasing the $12 a year subscription so I can use it across all my devices, but before I do, I was wondering if anyone has used it, and more specifically the premium service. Is it worth it? Easy to use? Is it effective?

What password manager do you use if not LastPass? What do you think of it?

Thanks in advance

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I have always used keepass, it works on all platforms I use and (combined with dropbox) it is reasonably easy to synchronize. Oh, and it’s free.

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I use LastPass. I don’t use the premium service because I am in front of a computer 90% of every day, either at home or work, so I have no use for it on my phone (which as far as I can tell is the only added functionality of the premium service, but I could be wrong).

It’s very easy to use. There was that Heartbleed thing a little while back, but I personally was not affected and I changed all my passwords a couple of times since. It does everything I want it to do, and I feel like it’s at least as secure as any other similar option.

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Here’s a previous thread with some recommendations.

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I have been using LastPass for at least two years; I can heartily recommend it. I do pay the $12/year, partly because I want to support them (and it’s cheap for the immense use I get from it), and once a month or so I find myself in a situation where I need to lookup a password on my phone.

One of the eye-opening features (and it’s one that it doesn’t force you to run) is its analyzer that can tell you if you are duplicating username/passwords across multiple sites.

You can also put non-site-specific stuff in their, like your safe combos, mistresses birthdays, whatever.

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I LOVE LastPass. Had a hard drive crash a few months ago and it made my life so much easier to deal with the problem.

Also, passwords are much more secure than they were in the days when I had 3-5 passwords that I would use interchangeably. Torture wouldn’t get my passwords from me as I no longer know them.

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Any info on whether or not LastPass is included on the list of places they stole user IDs & Passwords from?

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LastPass master passwords were not stolen.

ETA: to clarify, none of the passwords maintained by LastPass were stolen from the LastPass database.

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The analyzer is a nice feature indeed Raza and looking up passwords occasionally on the phone is a plus for me.

Thanks Troutman for the link, Last Pass gets good reviews there too.

Nice to know!

It looks like LastPass it is. Thanks All.

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Thanks for the heads up Troutman.

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Indeed - I have around 400 in my password manager.

LastPass, 1Password, and Keepass are all good options.

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I use LastPass, both on my desktops and mobile devices, and love it.

Also, I’d recommend setting up 2-stage authentication where you can, or at least with the highly sensitive sites you use. I’d especially do so with LastPass, itself.

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I got Dashlane recently and I really like it. So much so I paid $30 for the premium subscription because, well, they made a really good product.

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I know the thread is a little stale, but wanted to come back and thank those who recommended Last Pass. I’ve been using it the last three weeks, and it has been great. I used the analyzer to strengthen up some weaker passwords, and locked everything up nice and tight.

LastPass was an excellent investment

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Thanks for the update. Not only has LastPass goaded me into improving my security (through not re-using passwords, mainly), it has also saved me a few times when I’ve been away from my own PCs and needed a site password.