LastPass making changes to their free program to where you can only view passwords on either mobile or PC, but not both. Does anyone use any other password programs they like?
jagouar1 said:
moved to bitwarden about 2 years ago, its a better product even before this and now its a nobrainer.
dave99ag said:
Always good to hear about other password managers, but it's only $12 a year for LastPass.
kb2001 said:
I've been stalling on switching to BitWarden for a few months, this will push me to finally do it.
Thanks!txaggie05 said:
Here's what I'm going to try
https://bitwarden.com/help/article/import-from-lastpass/
These kinds of announcements always amuse me. IOW, we realized we could make more money by charging for this so it's no longer free.Quote:
We love being a part of the security routines of more than 20 million users across the world. As our community continues to grow, we need to adapt our offerings to keep up with the constantly evolving digital world.
AtlAg05 said:
How does a password company ensure they aren't hacked?
They don't. They minimize the impact from a compromise. In the case of LastPass (and others), a user's data is encrypted with the user's master password. Even if the data is stolen by bad actors, they still have to crack each user's data. This takes long enough that you have plenty of time to update your passwords in this situation, so once the data is finally cracked open, it doesn't grant them access anywhere, provided you've updated you passwords.AtlAg05 said:
How does a password company ensure they aren't hacked?
Correct. Just a big jump from $0 to $36/year ($27 the first year) when there is a suitable alternative like Bitwarden available. Took me all of 10 min to move everything over following the instructions i posted earlier in this thread.tamusc said:
To be clear, there's nothing new that's popped up with LastPass besides the change to their pricing model, is there? My premium membership is good until the end of May, so I might look at other options then.
I've been really happy with LastPass over the years and don't mind paying for something that's working well assuming the price is reasonable.
Thank you. Which do you feel is most secure? I would be willing to dedicate time to this to secure our online logins.RoyIII_Ag08 said:
The time required would mostly consist of how long it takes you to log into each site. After you have it installed in your browser, the password manager will ask if you want it to "remember" the password when you log in to each new site.
As a follow up step, you can go through each site again to change and use stronger passwords. The password manager can optionally generate a strong password for you so they can be strong and unique for each site.
I would estimate you will easily spend a few hours doing this.
Thanks for posting, this worked like a charm and made it easy.txaggie05 said:
Here's what I'm going to try
https://bitwarden.com/help/article/import-from-lastpass/
You could, but Bitwarden is open source, and you can host your own server if you really want to. Meaning, instead of syncing through Bitwarden's servers, you could run your own and have all your browsers and apps sync with your own instead. If they get greedy and start to tick people off, another company could just fork it and set up their own service.YouBet said:
Of course, with LastPass being a/the leader in the industry in this space we could simply see BitWarden and others follow suit.
txaggie79 said:
Another vote for Keepass. Used it for 10+ years.
kb2001 said:You could, but Bitwarden is open source, and you can host your own server if you really want to. Meaning, instead of syncing through Bitwarden's servers, you could run your own and have all your browsers and apps sync with your own instead. If they get greedy and start to tick people off, another company could just fork it and set up their own service.YouBet said:
Of course, with LastPass being a/the leader in the industry in this space we could simply see BitWarden and others follow suit.
The real risk is if they get bought and the service gets morphed into something else or discontinued.