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LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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post #252

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What do you mean when saying that KeePass works for Firefox?

It's likely GeorgeHahn means KeeFox - http://keefox.org/ "KeeFox connects Firefox to KeePass Password Safe"

That actually works rather well. You should add the toolbar button though, then it works like LastPass.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

#262
As everyone is suggesting alternatives here, one more vote for KeePass with Dropbox (giving you use 2-factor authentication with Dropbox), KeeFox + KeePass2Android. Lovely, free, relatively secure.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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I've been a serious 1Password user for ~3 years. Love it. Mac OSX app, and Chrome plugin are amazing. It's a little pricey, but I think it's worth it. However - don't think about using 1Password if you're on a windows machine - their windows app is really janky and works just enough to be usable

Just for the sake of multiplatformability... Is there something remotely as good as 1Password for Linux?

LastPass works really good on Linux.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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post #56

Well looks like I'm going to have to convince, my wife, family, extended family, and friends that they all have to switch password managers now. I'm blown away, I've been a fan since day one because of it's simplicity and availability. I am torn between waiting to see what happens and giving them the benefit of the doubt and just changing all my passwords before Logmein can f--- me.

I'm in the same awkward position. I've been a LastPass evangelist for years now. How can I abruptly switch to 1Password or whatever's most comparable to LastPass? The selling point I would make of, "Hey, this company exists solely to provide security to the world. They're passionate about using strong passwords and do everything in their power to ensure their service is both friendly and secure." wasn't just a talking point, but one of the primary reasons I ever used them in the first place.

I'm happy for the LastPass team that they were able to profit off their hard work, but I'm leery of what this means, not only for the hundreds of my passwords and notes LastPass has in its vault, but what sorts of "features" LogMeIn will want to forcibly integrate into the product--and then charge 50x my lowly $1 a month contribution.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Yeah, I should. But Arch doesn't provide packages for it yet and there's no realistic attack vector against my usage of TrueCrypt, so meh. It's good enough until Arch starts shipping packages.

You can use Linux's own cryptsetup to mount TrueCrypt volumes. No TrueCrypt needed. There's documentation on the ArchWiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TrueCrypt

Cool, thanks!

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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I was a longtime LastPass user and switched to 1Password about 6 months ago and have been really impressed by it.

I'm thinking of making the switch. Question for you and others who have migrated from LastPass to 1Password: Were there any sticking points? How did you go about moving over your password database?

I used to be a free user of LastPass and wanted a vault on-the-go. With LastPass the only option was an annual subscription, for an app that I didn't find particularly impressive.

Switching to 1Password was extremely easy. It offered simple instructions on how to import from LastPass and the pricing model (pay once for the piece of software) was a lot more compelling to me. As an added bonus, the app is super well developed and designed. It _just_ works, and works the way you expect it to. 100% satisfied.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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The stark reminder that your password manager can change hands is probably the most bothersome part of this.

Overall it's probably a good thing that the product is transferring to a more financially stable company with healthy enterprise sales. I'd rather it head in that direction than struggle for a long period of time and put my data at risk. The worst thing that could have happened with this product would have been a spiral of neglect

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

#268
post #27

Honestly if you're a security / privacy company, can you please just not get acquired? You can't 'transfer' your customers' trust to a third party like you transfer cash.

Agreed. Or just open source it so we won't have to trust you.

Using open source and not having to trust someone would be nice, but at a certain point I would rather not be running my own security-critical infrastructure for personal stuff (if I can avoid it). I only have so much time.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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This isn't quite a reason to jump ship for me yet, but I'll certainly be duplicating work to other services(which so far, I've found to be quite inferior). Did you try 1Password (which works with Dropbox, Wifi sync, etc.)? Not affiliated with them, just a happy customer.

I tried it for all of a week in the past. It's the top one I'm looking at moving to, but honestly the reviews that have been done by users of both are lacking on information, so I don't know what I'm giving up.

Been using it for years on multiple machines and iOS devices. Works great, and I happily pay for it every once in a while. I'd rather support a small company dedicated to this, than get a cheap product from a corporation with unclear goals.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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post #212

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This isn't quite a reason to jump ship for me yet, but I'll certainly be duplicating work to other services(which so far, I've found to be quite inferior). Did you try 1Password (which works with Dropbox, Wifi sync, etc.)? Not affiliated with them, just a happy customer.

I actually did an evaluation of password storage services recently and chose LastPass over 1Password for a couple reasons: 1. 1Password is SUPER expensive for what it is. You really pay for the fact that it looks nice and integrates well with mac. 2. It has no enterprise level features (This is for my organization) such as user management, access logging and fine grained roles and sharing. 1Password might be good for…

If it's for an organization you should probably use KeePass, as all the data is kept locally by the organization.

Allowing any third party access to sensitive passwords sounds like a bad idea.

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