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LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Post by jacquesm »

AznHisoka wrote: post #6

These guys must really be pessimistic about their future if they are accepting a deal of $86/share. Their 52 week high was $96/share, and as high as $120/share last year.

A 4.3 billion USD valuation at exit is not all bad news I'd say. Better a deal at 4.3 billion than none at 5.5. I'd be laughing all the way to the bank with an exit like that and not worry too much about what could have been.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Post by alex_lod »

LastPass recently started deleting a secure note of mine after I’d edit it. It’s been almost two weeks and their support team has done nothing but kick the can down the road. I wonder if the acquisition has anything to do with their very poor support quality.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Post by chooseaname »

rietta wrote: post #8
tcd wrote: post #5

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.

Does it work to sync between Linux dev machine and iOS phone?

Only with some manual intervention, which isn't really all that bad. You basically keep your keepass file on a cloud share. What sucks is when you forget to sync and you go on vacation or something. :)

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Post by Mirioron »

ruanmed wrote: post #37
rietta wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it work to sync between Linux dev machine and iOS phone?

I use KeePass kdbx file synced in my Linux computer and Android smartphone through Google Drive. For that I use Keepass2Android in my phone. I just searched and there are also iOS applications that also provide easy cloud sync, one of such is KeePassium[1]. [1] https://keepassium.com/

I'd like to add that if you end up syncing the password database through a service like Google Drive then you should use a password and keyfile on the password database. Share the keyfile in a (more) secure way with your device and don't put it anywhere like Google Drive etc. This way even if somebody captures your password database and somehow gets your password they still can't open the password database because it requires the keyfile.

Re: LogMeIn Acquired by Private Equity

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Post by briffle »

lifty wrote: 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.

I self hosted with bitwarden_rs a slimmed down version of the API server that runs fast. I found some tutorials online there are lots) and host it on a very small cloud instance. (google cloud f1-micro)

All in all, it took me an hour of time, and 13 dollars to buy a domain since I didn't already have one.

Now I need to permanently move my wife off of lastpass to bitwarden, so I can see how the shared folders work, etc.

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