• callmepk
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    2 years ago

    Why people still use it despite two security breaches?

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    2 years ago

    Just use Bitwarden, Keepass, or whatever your choice. I’m surprised people still trust Last Pass.

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      2 years ago

      Bitwarden, Keepass

      Do you mind if I pass your number on to my mother and father in law for tech support in setting it up on their Windows laptops and iPhones? I would do it, but I already have a full time job.

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          2 years ago

          Yeah, local only will kill ease of assistance.

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        2 years ago

        If they have a windows laptop they probably also have an android phone. In that case it would make the most sense to have them use the chrome/google password manager.

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          I promise they have win+iOS. iMessage is the only reason that I have an iPhone. Well, that and the inability for any other messaging service to provide reliable real-time messaging with read receipts (both critical for core-family safety reasons; friends and work colleagues get my GVoice number which, ironically, worked better on iOS than Android at the time I switched).

          As a bonus, my F-I-L currently uses the Notes app as his vault (not the secure version, just a note entitled “Passwords”) and my mother uses a combination of several slips of paper floating about her office, Google Chrome’s internal password memory system, and a system involving her dog’s name, a site identifier, and the last four digits of a phone number she had as a child. That last one is pretty good, except that the old bird is really bad at remembering which letters she capitalizes and which part of the URL she’s going t use as the identifier, so some sites are just easier for her to get a password reset every time she uses them. I’m actually getting jittery just thinking about it.

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            Hahahaha say no more I get PTSD flashbacks to my father in law getting angry at me because he forgot his password.

            Sometimes just defaulting to password recovery through “i forgot my password” is sometimes the best bet.

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            2 years ago

            If they’re not familiar with computers or anything it’s best to use baked in applications. I wouldn’t want to explain Bitwarden to my mother.

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    Went to 1password shortly after the first (maybe) debacle and have been extremely pleased since. I know it’s a similar risk with a hosted database but the convenience is hard to beat

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    2 years ago

    Always a great sign, when a password vault doesn’t test their software properly.

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    I know it’s not a guarantee, but this is why I switched to Bitwarden. With Open Source software it’s less likely that this fuckups happen.

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    Some time back I was choosing between 1Password and LastPass. It seemed like a close contest at the time. But I’ve been very glad I chose 1Password in the time since then.

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    2 years ago

    That’s why I love LessPass, no way of being compromised.