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Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by stingraycharles »

prepend wrote: post #235

This is a feature not a productTM. I switched to using safari’s password sync across mobile and desktop. It only works on iPhones and macOS desktop safari, but I adjusted my workflow. It’s both free, and reliable as long as Apple supports it. But I trust Apple to exist or migrate better than a dedicated product company like lastpass. Both for a decent user workflow and for not being breached (much scarier to me). I k…

LastPass is one of the only ones that supports MFA on Linux and iPhone with my Yubikeys. Their security track record is a bit meh, but generally speaking, I’m very happy with how they integrate everywhere.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by devwastaken »

Wow that is absolutely terrible. What happens when you don't have access to your computer or phone? This idea had to be thought up by marketing management it's so bad. Definitely lost me as a customer.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by jonpurdy »

kevindong wrote: post #227

LastPass was my first ever password manager and I used for it ~5 years. A few years ago, I got fed up with how sluggish it was (at least, at the time). So I switched over the Bitwarden. Unfortunately, the Bitwarden Safari extension for macOS had a bug where I had unlock my vault every time I wanted to use a credential and that got annoying. Around the same time I started using Bitwarden, I started at a job with a cor…

I had just posted in the duplicate thread complaining about 1Password (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26154324). I've been a user since 2007 and it seemed to get significantly worse with version 7.

Despite its increasingly major flaws (no exact URL matching, slow UI, no way to trigger a sync), it seems like it is still the best option for someone who wants a native Mac/iOS interface. Though if it keeps getting worse at the same rate, hopefully other options will catch up.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by prepend »

DeusExMachina wrote: post #86
Ecstatify wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s ridiculously expensive. I get Office 365 with 1TB of storage for €6 per month. Office is just as secure as lastpass. I bought Enpass(wouldn’t recommend as they moved to a subscription model) and store everything on OneDrive. Paying $3 per month to store tiny text files is crazy.

I often see comments like this one that misunderstand value for how something is achieved. Value is decided by the market according to the utility of the service. I happily pay $22 per year for Pinboard to keep a few bookmarks with tags. That's also storing "tiny text files" but I could not care less. I could even implement something similar myself. And yet, I find the value it provides worth paying. Another, more ex…

> misunderstand value for how something is achieved.

I find this line of reasoning offensive as it assumes that people who genuinely disagree with me don’t understand.

I think it’s more likely that people understand and genuinely disagree. It’s dismissive to just not respond to someone’s values and rationing and I think leads to less discussion and thus more disagreement.

It’s very likely that people place different values on things and I think to have conversation we have to get to common ground and then build from there. If different people miss the meat of an argument then I think it’s not as interesting or useful.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by michaelcampbell »

stingraycharles wrote: post #241
prepend wrote: post #235

This is a feature not a productTM. I switched to using safari’s password sync across mobile and desktop. It only works on iPhones and macOS desktop safari, but I adjusted my workflow. It’s both free, and reliable as long as Apple supports it. But I trust Apple to exist or migrate better than a dedicated product company like lastpass. Both for a decent user workflow and for not being breached (much scarier to me). I k…

LastPass is one of the only ones that supports MFA on Linux and iPhone with my Yubikeys. Their security track record is a bit meh, but generally speaking, I’m very happy with how they integrate everywhere.

I mean to each their own, but for a password manager security trumps integration for me.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by johnchristopher »

falcolas wrote: post #234
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was going to reply "the problem with 1password is they have no Linux support," but it looks like Linux support actually got added late last year! (Or at least there's an open beta.) https://blog.1password.com/1password-for-linux-beta-is-now-o... Anyone used both 1password and Bitwarden? I'm using Bitwarden right now, but I dislike the fact that their desktop app is Electron based.

Keepass is another cross-platform option (open source), though the UI on non-windows environments is a bit... crap. Nontheless, it works, and it works well.

Keepass is not a Web first app. There are extensions and workarounds but considering the nature of its file based database it can never be as smooth as solutions like bitwarden and others.

At work we share a Keepass file on a nextcloud instance and it's a giant PITA.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by StavrosK »

stingraycharles wrote: post #241
prepend wrote: post #235

This is a feature not a productTM. I switched to using safari’s password sync across mobile and desktop. It only works on iPhones and macOS desktop safari, but I adjusted my workflow. It’s both free, and reliable as long as Apple supports it. But I trust Apple to exist or migrate better than a dedicated product company like lastpass. Both for a decent user workflow and for not being breached (much scarier to me). I k…

LastPass is one of the only ones that supports MFA on Linux and iPhone with my Yubikeys. Their security track record is a bit meh, but generally speaking, I’m very happy with how they integrate everywhere.

BitWarden supports that too, I don't know about others.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by noja »

mesid wrote: post #197
blunte wrote: post #55

I very happily pay $10/year for Bitwarden. It is in my opinion superior to Lastpass, and I don't have the doubts of the corporate governance.

I'm a bit concerned that Bitwarden might also follow a similar path later on, if we keep using the free version. Any thoughts on that?

I pay for it without using the premium features.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by ballenf »

michaelcampbell wrote: post #245
stingraycharles wrote: post #241

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LastPass is one of the only ones that supports MFA on Linux and iPhone with my Yubikeys. Their security track record is a bit meh, but generally speaking, I’m very happy with how they integrate everywhere.

I mean to each their own, but for a password manager security trumps integration for me.

Are some of the options discussed more or less secure than the others?
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