Re: [orca-list] Password managers?

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

hi
I can't comment on password managers per say, but I will point out that
a week or so ago lastpass was bought out by the people over at logmein,
which means their linux versions are likely to either be closed off, or
abandoned altogether, since logmein is windows and possibly mac
exclusive. I have zero proof this will happen, but in my experience this
is usually what happens, so those that use it might want to go looking
for another provider if there are any accessible ones on linux. I've
never gotten keepass anything working accessibly  on linux but to be
honest I haven't tried that hard. I usually just store passwords in
firefox, which yes I know isn't really all that secure. But there at
least there's little chance of firefox becoming entire closed source and
thus me losing my passwords.
Thanks
Kendell clark


On 10/15/2015 05:11 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> I think that keepass2 is preffered over keepass, but have never used either one. 
> I think it still may be accessible enough to be usable, but lastpass is really good, smart at dealing with 
> less common password configurations, has easy 
> to use multi-profile formfilling so that you can have a profile that includes bank card  data if you want, 
> another that does not, another that may use 
> false or semi false data for throwaway registrations on websites you don't really want to have a serious 
> long term relationship with, etc. 
> Usually when you change a password you are offered the option to update the password either on a specific 
> page or everything offered by a website and or 
> domain, or to create a new entry with the new PW while keeping the old creds as an option. 
> There support ppl respond to queries on twitter, not sure about other ways of contacting them, and nice 
> security flexability is available. You can get 
> temporary passwords to use on mobile devices or public computers, set the extension to do anything from 
> logging off after a few minutes of inactivity to 
> staying logged in on all browsers on a given device for up to two weeks. I use different security settings 
> on different devices to balance convenience 
> against security. 
> It has all the other little extras that you'd expect as well like secure PW generation, and can be set to 
> prompt you to log in to save data when 
> registering on a new site or not. 
> I think you do need a premium account  to use lastpass with phone OS's,  like IOS and Android, but I've 
> only used the free version, and had very good 
> experiences with both Linux and Windows. 
> You can install extensions browser by browser, or install a binary that installs last pass on all your 
> browsers. I've used the multi browser installer 
> on both Windows and Linux, but usually ust install on a browser by browser basis either from the google web 
> store or the firefox extensions manager.
>