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Lastpass user here although two passwords that are never in it are lastpass (as it'd be pointless) and my e-mail account which has an insanely long complicated password which I somehow manage to change frequently.

primarily as EVERYTHING is recovered by that e-mail account or my phone*


*except my backup recovery e-mail account!
 
I'm running DashLane and rate it, using it at work too as from a business perspective it offers great control ensuring other members keep their passwords secure, we also own the account and can lock them out in a sense if they leave.

I run a very secure master password. It doesn't hold any banking account passwords etc and because of it every password on every website is unique and I have a backup of my main e-mail password :)
 
bledd said:
^On the cloud. Need 1 password to get to the file and another one to open it.

It's where the password is stored that worries me. Also.. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/0..._millions_of_lastpass_users_who_visit_a_site/
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In fairness that bug has now been fixed, Lastpass are generally very quick on that type of thing.

As for the storing of the password, they store the password in a one-way salted hash form using your username (email). They only ever recieve the salted hash version. Here is a link to them explaining it:

https://lastpass.com/support.php?cmd=showfaq&id=6926

They also have numerous ways of enabling 2FA which adds further security. Each to their own but as I said never once had a problem with them.

Stoner81.
 
Nope, looks like login service is down, another reason to use Keepass :)

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How safe are these programs though?

I've kept a book with all my passwords handwritten and stored away in a safeplace, I'm clearly doing things wrong!
 
El1te said:
How safe are these programs though?

I've kept a book with all my passwords handwritten and stored away in a safeplace, I'm clearly doing things wrong!
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As above, probably safer than a physical paper record.

With a long password it's practically impossible to crack the database, but on the other hand the usual precautions of doing backups applies.

With a paper copy it's only as safe as the way you're storing it (fire, flood, theft risks) and it's harder to make duplicates and distribute them to safe places than a little digital file.

If you have a test run with keepass for just a few sites and practice opening/adding to/saving/closing/syncing/backing up the database you'll work out the pros and cons.
 
I use lastpass & YubiKey and have never had an issue

But also soon to have a PassFort so will be using that a lot more.
 
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