I use last pass. I'm pretty happy with it.
Same. I can't believe I didn't start using a password manager sooner. It makes life much easier.
Lastpass has an excellent track record. Even their incident record shows that they are very responsible and handle problems quickly and effectively. They do not have access to your account info, but do provide a "cloud" repository so that you can access your password info from anywhere.
That said, I'm even more paranoid and use Keepass/KeepassX. It is open source, well respected and the data doesn't go out to any company at all. That means that data backups and remote access to account info is up to you to setup.
Good choice to get a password manager. Make sure it covers all of the platforms you are interested in (desktop & phone OS). Secure it with a good password and ideally a second factor authentication item (2FA) and make sure you have backups as losing access to all those credentials is very nasty. I don't know most of my own passwords. They are generally 20+ gibberish characters.
I trust Keepass with that and more. Some of my medical info, my lock combinations, etc. These apps take data security very seriously and you'd have a hard time finding something better. Just one of many examples: when you ask it to automatically type in your userid/password on a web site, you can specify that it be obscured. That means that the characters will be filled in in a semi-random order (ex: first two characters, last three characters, insert remaining characters) using two different data channels. That means that even key logger malware (which monitor everything you type) will have a hard time successfully interpreting your info.
My question is.... what if you think you are secure when you set all this up and manually input all your accounts and passwords, is there a chance you could be giving all this information to somebody as you are setting it up and entering all this information?
Being fairly computer dumb, are those incidents pointing to hackers stealing data or do they indicate that LastPass was able to protect even though they had "incidents"?
As a Security Professional, I use Lastpass. Those security issues were patched quickly and with full disclosure. That's very rare.
All software will have security holes. How it's addressed is a good indication.
The extension and Android apps are pretty responsive and pretty secure. Their apps are useful. It uses 2FA if it does not recognize your device.
I like and recommend it.
Depends - is it critical?also... should I now delete all password data stored in my browser?
OK, I just logged in with lastpass to INGO with a crazy unique password. Yay.
Now... how do I do that if I'm at work on their computer?
also... should I now delete all password data stored in my browser?
OK, I just logged in with lastpass to INGO with a crazy unique password. Yay.
Now... how do I do that if I'm at work on their computer?
also... should I now delete all password data stored in my browser?