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Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by ssully »

falcolas wrote: post #258
johnchristopher wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

::Personal Opinion Warning:: When it comes to security, smoothness is kinda low on my priority list. I'm fine swapping windows to copy/paste values, or pressing a hotkey.

I have also used multiple shared Keepass files at work and the issue isn't a lack of smoothness. There have been multiple instances of sync/dataloss issues where you have to refer to an old version or find someone who has the latest "OK" version of the file.

I love Keepass for personal use, but if you using it for sharing passwords at work then 1Password or Bitwarden are the way to go.

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Post by kelvie »

adur1990 wrote: post #334

Anyone considering pass ( https://www.passwordstore.org/ )? It is written in bash and uses gpg to store credetials on disk. And it is developed by the same guy behind wireguard. Also completely FOSS. On iOS I use passforios ( https://github.com/mssun/passforios ) and on macOS I am the developer of Pass for macOS ( https://github.com/adur1990/Pass-for-macOS ) which is a wrapoer for pass containing a Safari extension.…

I also use this, and with the android app on f-droid (requires that you install a GPG app though).

I sync it with a private gitlab repo and it's been working great for years.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by benhurmarcel »

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…

It only handles login and passwords though. No other fields.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by zwog »

adur1990 wrote: post #334

Anyone considering pass ( https://www.passwordstore.org/ )? It is written in bash and uses gpg to store credetials on disk. And it is developed by the same guy behind wireguard. Also completely FOSS. On iOS I use passforios ( https://github.com/mssun/passforios ) and on macOS I am the developer of Pass for macOS ( https://github.com/adur1990/Pass-for-macOS ) which is a wrapoer for pass containing a Safari extension.…

My problem with passwordstore is that it's just not convenient to add passwords (via browser).

With Bitwarden or KeepassXC the extension offers to store the login data when I sign up or use one login for a first time.

With pass i have to do it manually which isn't hard or does take long, but it's still additional work.

I ended up using KeepassXc with keepmenu[0] as a script for roffi/demnu

0: https://github.com/firecat53/keepmenu

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by Tijdreiziger »

humps wrote: post #42
chrisamiller wrote: post #16

LastPass costs $36 per year. Operating on the principle of being the customer and not the product, that seems very reasonable for a secure way to store and share the keys to my digital life. That said, it does make it a little bit harder for me to onboard my friends and family when they ask. One of the selling points has always been "Yes, you can use it on your phone and laptop" and "no, it doesn't cost anything".

I used to subscribe, then the service was acquired and the price doubled so I stopped subscribing and relied on the free tier. With this announcement I think it's time to move on (probably to Bitwarden)

Same here.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by elfchief »

Everybody is mentioning Bitwarden as a replacement, but what about Dashlane? I've had my eye on Dashlane for a while, and it seems on-par with lastpass, so I'm confused why it isn't mentioned in this discussion more.

(to be clear: this is a genuine question, not an attempt to stealth-shill for Dashlane)

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by ghego1 »

As a LastPass user I must say that this change makes total sense, and tbh I was expecting it.

However, after many years using their services, this change is the motivation I needed to switch to Dropbox passwords.

I'm a (happy) paying customer of Dropbox. When they announced the passwords service I was interested, but I had no true motivation to make the switch, since LastPass was free and working fine for me.

After reading this I finally made the switch. I must say it took me 10 minutes tops. The devs at Dropbox did make a very nice onboarding experience. And also kudos to LastPass for making it very simple to export everything in csv, which is easily importable to Dropbox passwords.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by senectus1 »

88840-8855 wrote: post #359
somehnguy wrote: post #180

I moved to Bitwarden about a year ago when I got fed up with the terrible UI in Lastpass. Bitwarden isn't the pinnacle of UI either, but at least it's way cheaper. Been very happy with it.

My topics: - Bitwarden is becoming risky to use? - the next Bitwarden? So many people recommend Bitwarden now. I am a paying customer from the first day and have been using it on all my devices. Bitwarden followed my Lastpass experience, similar to what OP has described. Now, Bitwarden's popularity is troubling me. It has become already large enough to be an attractive target for attacks. The bigger it gets, the more…

How big the target is has very little to do with how safe it is.

virus' spread a lot more on windows because of MS's shit stance on security. It an even more popular OS now but the virus landscape is a hell of a lot more limited because they started to take security more seriously. They still have a way to go.

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by forty »

elfchief wrote: post #376

Everybody is mentioning Bitwarden as a replacement, but what about Dashlane? I've had my eye on Dashlane for a while, and it seems on-par with lastpass, so I'm confused why it isn't mentioned in this discussion more. (to be clear: this is a genuine question, not an attempt to stealth-shill for Dashlane)

Let me know what you think if you ever try :) I sometimes wish we were more often mentioned here (thanks btw :) ). I guess that we are missing some features that the audience here requires (for example being open source?).

Re: Changes to LastPass Free

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Post by andy-x »

Kwpolska wrote: post #303
falcolas wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

KeePassXC is a modern fork that uses Qt for its UI, and it looks great on all platforms.

"All platforms" does not include Android?
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