LastPass stores passwords so securely, not even its users can access them

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Post by jbredeche » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

LastPass stores passwords so securely, not even its users can access them
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Post by NopeNotToday » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

Some alternatives:

  * https://keepass.info/
  * https://bitwarden.com/
  * https://1password.com/

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Post by navidfarhadi » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

If you are looking for an alternative I highly recommend Bitwarden (not affiliated with the company). I switched over from Lastpass around a year and a half ago and am very happy with the service. All of the clients and the server are 100% open source plus you can self host if you want to.

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Post by bilal4hmed » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:38 PM UTC

NopeNotToday wrote: post #2

Some alternatives: * https://keepass.info/ * https://bitwarden.com/ * https://1password.com/

+1 for Bitwarden

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Post by scandox » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:38 PM UTC

NopeNotToday wrote: post #2

Some alternatives: * https://keepass.info/ * https://bitwarden.com/ * https://1password.com/

Yeah they'll never go down. Why don't these systems support local storage as well? Is there greater security risk in syncing to a local device?

Edit: I do not mean browser localStorage

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Post by rb808 » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:41 PM UTC

Yeah I will never trust a third party password system. Writing down on paper works great. For most unimportant accounts use oauth or make up a random password and forget it - if you need it again reset the password.

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Post by filipn » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:42 PM UTC

So glad I switched to 1Password, haven't had an issue since. They provide an easy transfer of your passwords from LastPass, you can just follow their guide and be done in 5 minutes: https://support.1password.com/import-lastpass/

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Post by awinder » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:42 PM UTC

scandox wrote: post #5

NopeNotToday wrote: post #2

Some alternatives: * https://keepass.info/ * https://bitwarden.com/ * https://1password.com/

Yeah they'll never go down. Why don't these systems support local storage as well? Is there greater security risk in syncing to a local device? Edit: I do not mean browser localStorage

1Password does support local storage, cloud is used for syncing to local storage so obviously in case of an outage you wouldn’t be able to sync updates. But you would be able to access and modify locally and then it would push when things came back online.

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Post by Mountain_Skies » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:42 PM UTC

scandox wrote: post #5

NopeNotToday wrote: post #2

Some alternatives: * https://keepass.info/ * https://bitwarden.com/ * https://1password.com/

Yeah they'll never go down. Why don't these systems support local storage as well? Is there greater security risk in syncing to a local device? Edit: I do not mean browser localStorage

Bitwarden is open source for both its clients and its server. I haven't tried it but it appears you can set it up for yourself at home and not use their cloud.

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Post by tortasaur » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 2:43 PM UTC

scandox wrote: post #5

NopeNotToday wrote: post #2

Some alternatives: * https://keepass.info/ * https://bitwarden.com/ * https://1password.com/

Yeah they'll never go down. Why don't these systems support local storage as well? Is there greater security risk in syncing to a local device? Edit: I do not mean browser localStorage

Keepass does support storing the database file locally. It is the default way it works.