The Last Word on LastPass: Last night I watched "Ask Leo" recommend switching away from LastPass. His main reason was lack of trust. They didn't handle themselves well after the...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Last night I watched "Ask Leo" recommend switching away from LastPass. His main reason was lack of trust. They didn't handle themselves well after the break-in. He recommends 1Password, $36/year or Bitwarden, free. I don't like paying for software every year, so I might go with RoboForm, $12/year. I had been using the free version for years, but then it started glitching. That was rated #1 in a review of password keepers. As Leo said, there have been no reports of problems as a result of the break-in, and the chances of problems are infinitesimal.

I'm going with either RoboForm or Bitwarden, but I want to look into each one. I foresee a time in the not-too-distant future when we will have to pay forever for our software. That practice will extend to other products when the makers figure out how to do it. Carmakers are trying it now, not always successfully, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uZ3QcrPCWk&t=4s

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

The future is, I read somewhere, the time is near when people will not own anything. The implication is, as you say, everything you acquire the use of in your life will be through a lease/rental arrangement. Sad indeed.

Stan

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

jerryc41 wrote:

Last night I watched "Ask Leo" recommend... (show quote)

Or you could use a note pad. Total cost - $1.29. And you own it forever - no license involved.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

rplain1 wrote:

Or you could use a note pad. Total cost - $1.29. And you own it forever - no license involved.

Good advice.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

"I foresee a time in the not-too-distant future when we will have to pay forever..." Isn't that a lot like being married..?😜

marvkaye

StanMac wrote:

.... the time is near when people will not own anything.....

Stan

That doesn't count for the criminals in Davos and the lackies of the WEF who will be the people that own EVERYTHING. Thankfully the other 7+ billion of us are finally waking up. Red pill, anyone??

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rplain1 wrote:

Or you could use a note pad. Total cost - $1.29. And you own it forever - no license involved.

True, but I would have to keep it with me at all times, hoping I didn't leave it somewhere. I would have to enter twelve random numbers and letters and get them, right. As Leo said, an online vault is the safest method.

By the way, I was in a hardware store a few days ago, and little 3" X 4" pads cost $5.00. Amazing!

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

jerryc41 wrote:

True, but I would have to keep it with me at all times, hoping I didn't leave it somewhere. I would have to enter twelve random numbers and letters and get them, right. As Leo said, an online vault is the safest method.

By the way, I was in a hardware store a few days ago, and little 3" X 4" pads cost $5.00. Amazing!

I have never needed to use a password when I'm out. And keeping it at home seems to be perfectly safe. I am over 80 and no one has EVER broken into my house looking for my passwords. So I'm not going to start worrying about it now. I'm certainly not going to store them on-line. That obviously is not the safest place for them.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rplain1 wrote:

I have never needed to use a password when I'm out. And keeping it at home seems to be perfectly safe. I am over 80 and no one has EVER broken into my house looking for my passwords. So I'm not going to start worrying about it now. I'm certainly not going to store them on-line. That obviously is not the safest place for them.

I've found myself needing a password on my phone or Kindle.

jgudpns Loc: Pensacola, FL

I have been using Keepass for over 12 years, which is an open source password manager:

https://keepass.info

You keep the encrypted database of passwords on your own computer or favorite cloud account, and it allows syncing with all of your devices. It is an awesome alternative.

Doesn't have a fancy GUI but includes password generation. Oh, and it's free (donation accepted!)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

1Password has a free trial - after you enter all your p/w info. I don't think so.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

jerryc41 wrote:

Last night I watched "Ask Leo" recommend... (show quote)

In a past post I recommended BitWarden to you, which I’ve been using now for a few years. It’s used by many IT departments of corporations.
It’s outstanding, syncs your passwords to different devices , and very easy to set up and use. Give it a try. It’s also free.

RightOnPhotography Loc: Quebec,QC

jerryc41 wrote:

Last night I watched "Ask Leo" recommend... (show quote)

I use LastPass for many years and find it convenient and sufficient for my needs. However, I don't save my banking and critical sites' (with my personal data) passwords there, only PW for the sites where stealing my PW won't damage anything for me, like this site, for example.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Fredrick wrote:

In a past post I recommended BitWarden to you, which I’ve been using now for a few years. It’s used by many IT departments of corporations.
It’s outstanding, syncs your passwords to different devices , and very easy to set up and use. Give it a try. It’s also free.

I downloaded it, and I'll gradually move passwords into it. I have almost 400 in LastPass, but I certainly don't need that many.

EddieE Loc: Dallas, TX

I use 1Password. If they get breached and take my vault, they have no clues to my master password, it is in my head. I have a shared vault with my wife so we can have the impossible-to-remember passwords to bank accounts and the like. My personal vault, she cannot get into. I cannot get into hers. It has an area for notes, so if I die tomorrow, she knows where everything is located. I list my crypto accounts and where to locate the passwords to cash out if anything happens.