LogMeIn acquires Lastpass • Hacker News Board

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by h4waii » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:31 PM UTC

koyote wrote: post #85

bargl wrote: post #56

Well looks like I'm going to have to convince, my wife, family, extended family, and friends that they all have to switch password managers now. I'm blown away, I've been a fan since day one because of it's simplicity and availability. I am torn between waiting to see what happens and giving them the benefit of the doubt and just changing all my passwords before Logmein can f--- me.

Having not used anything by Logmein or heard much about them, what's the reasoning behind wanting to jump ship asap? Are they just bad at running a company or are you scared they will sell your data or similar?

Because you can't buy trust through an acquisition. You build trust, you don't transfer it through a merger.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by jonknee » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:31 PM UTC

Seems like a smart move for selling bulk licenses to large companies.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by johnward » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

tiernano wrote: post #89

Not sure if good or bad...

Me either. I was a big fan of logmein when they had a free version but it wasn't something I was willing to pay for. LastPass is though.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by toxican » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

sri_cyberdude wrote: post #22

colinplamondon wrote: post #8

This really rubs me the wrong way. Do not like the idea of my password manager bouncing around owners. Or infrastructure changes that new owners often push on the acquired company. If there's one business I REALLY do not want to be moving about, and I want as little churn as possible for, it's a password manager. The thing I liked about LastPass was that it seemed like the highly geeky, less startupy approach to pass…

I use opensource keepass. Sync my password db via dropbox. Totally works for me.

Does it work on mobile?

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by xbryanx » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:32 PM UTC

Do LogMeIn users have a feeling as to whether this is a good thing? Will they bring any visual polish, or UX consistency to the jumble that is Last Pass?

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by switch007 » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:34 PM UTC

Any suggestions for alternatives? I need yubikey support, Chrome & Firefox plugins (Linux & OS X) and an Android app.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by gallamine » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:35 PM UTC

Justsignedup wrote: post #73

Anyone aware of good alternatives? Primarily for enterprise customers who want to share passwords between teams. We have developers, and regular ol' employees who use this of varying levels of computer comfort. We need to be able to share passwords org-wide and team-wide. And on a personal note, I need to be able to manage my own passwords and my partner's and we share from time to time.

I am constantly impressed and pleased with 1Passsword - both the ease of use and their constant stream of updates. My family has a shared password Vault for common passwords, and private values for non-common ones.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by skrowl » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:35 PM UTC

coldpie wrote: post #24

baldfat wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What Open Source one was a convenient or as feature complete? Serious I love LastPass and I use it for everything BUT my banking. I just install the plugin on any device or open the webpage and I am all set with all my passwords.

I don't know what features you like or find important. But you have to consider the licensing model as a feature when choosing your software. What happens if the software is sold or no longer maintained? For me, I use a plaintext file in a Truecrypt archive because I'm a massive dweeb.

You should be using VeraCrypt (https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/) rather than TrueCrypt. The authors of TrueCrypt even said to stop using it when they stopped maintaining it.

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by sri_cyberdude » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:35 PM UTC

baldfat wrote: post #38

sri_cyberdude wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use opensource keepass. Sync my password db via dropbox. Totally works for me.

Using Dropbox for Security seems like a oxymoron? I fail to see that as anything I am willing to use.

"Using Dropbox for sync". It's just an option. Password db is already encrypted, so it does not matter which service is used for sync :)

Re: LogMeIn acquires Lastpass

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Post by ejcx » Fri, Oct 09, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

Congrats to Bob and Joe and LastPass team. I'm a former LastPass employee and will be forever empressed by their work ethic that I saw. They definitely deserve it.