LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

Post by pms » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 1:54 PM UTC

mc808 wrote: post #411

pms wrote: post #287

Some time ago LastPass automatically DELETED my five-year old account on Mendeley. The "AutoFill" option of LastPass was turned on. I was browsing my profile settings on Mendeley. Somehow LastPass automatically commenced the account removal action, filled in my password, and confirmed the prompt. My account was gone. I did NOT EVEN NOTICE when it happened. The only reason I know it now is because I managed to reprodu…

Out of curiosity, how did it go with Mendeley? Were they able to recover your account?

Post by pinkano » Thu, Oct 15, 2015, 9:33 AM UTC

microtonal wrote: post #128

quaunaut wrote: post #101

Huh. Gotta admit, I'm rather distressed by this, but I'm trying to think through it logically. * They still don't have access to my raw passwords. Everything's already encrypted before it gets to them, and they don't have the key. They just store the encrypted data. * They however do control access to the account. This means there's a point where they get all sorts of data on me, and while I personally don't mind, I…

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.