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Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

1Password is better and unlikely to be acquired. They are quite profitable on their own.

They have recently taken quite a bit of VC money though. https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/14/fourteen-years-after-launc...

And they talked about why in more detail here: https://rework.fm/venture-capital-and-control-with-david-tea...

Edit: Fixed typo. Would also like to add that their use of VC money appears less risky than one could assume.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #7

Bitwarden is a nice alternative. And you can self-host the server part if you want. edit: LastPass is owned by LogMeIn, that's why I mention this alternative.

LogMeIn is remote access software. The LogMeIn refers to a local machine,not a website.

LogMeIn owns LastPass.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #13
post #7

Bitwarden is a nice alternative. And you can self-host the server part if you want. edit: LastPass is owned by LogMeIn, that's why I mention this alternative.

LogMeIn is remote access software. The LogMeIn refers to a local machine,not a website.

I believe GP is referencing the fact that LogMeIn also owns Lastpass.

Edit: Looks like a million and one other people replied at the exact same time I did, sorry. :3

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #13
post #7

Bitwarden is a nice alternative. And you can self-host the server part if you want. edit: LastPass is owned by LogMeIn, that's why I mention this alternative.

LogMeIn is remote access software. The LogMeIn refers to a local machine,not a website.

LogMeIn owns LastPass

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #13
post #7

Bitwarden is a nice alternative. And you can self-host the server part if you want. edit: LastPass is owned by LogMeIn, that's why I mention this alternative.

LogMeIn is remote access software. The LogMeIn refers to a local machine,not a website.

The company owns LastPass, so it’s several things, actually.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #17

A lot of comments mentioning alternative password managers. TFA:first line > LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM), a leading provider of cloud-based connectivity, LogMeIn is remote access tool, not password management for websites.

> LogMeIn is remote access tool

LogMeIn the company owns LastPass [1], a popular password manager.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LastPass

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #19
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Keepass; open source, can store the file wherever you wish, isn't liable to be acquired by a private entity since you can just build your own copy. Use open source software wherever possible, it's just better that way.

> KeePass Password Safe is a free and open-source password manager primarily for Windows > LogMeIn, Inc. is a provider of software as a service and cloud-based remote connectivity services for collaboration, IT management and customer engagement Totally separate products?

LogMeIn owns and runs LastPass.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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post #17

A lot of comments mentioning alternative password managers. TFA:first line > LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM), a leading provider of cloud-based connectivity, LogMeIn is remote access tool, not password management for websites.

They acquired LastPass in 2015.
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