I Am In Love – With LastPass Password Manager
Over the years, I’ve managed to rack up over 1,300 login usernames/passwords to that many web sites. Ugh. That’s just ain’t pretty, ya know? I’ve tried various solutions to managing them all, including Keepass, Roboform, built-in browser managers, etc. None were awful, but none have been perfect…until now.
The slogan for LastPass is “the last password you’ll have to remember”, and well…it’s true. LastPass just does everything right, including allowing me to sync up all my various computers – each of which runs a different OS – so I never have to deal with password management again. (Oh and yeah, it’s free).
Top Reasons I Love LastPass:
- Saves and syncs passwords across all browsers / computers / OS’s, including Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Only have to remember ONE password, so you are free to create super-strong passwords at sites knowing you won’t have to remember them later
- Totally secure – encrypted on YOUR machine – LastPass.com never knows your passwords because all they ever receive is strongly encrypted data. If they get compromised, no big deal. Thieves get nothing but garbled nonsense.
- All your PCs go up in smoke at the same time? No big deal. Retrieve your passwords online.
- Worried that LastPass company might disappear, with your passwords? No problem. You have lots of options of retrieving your passwords. You can grab them via your browser plugin. You can export them right now or any time in the future. Or you can download LastPass Pocket for backup onto your USB flash drive.
- I was able to import all my existing Firefox and Roboform bookmarks easily. They import lots of other ones as well.
Those are my fave facts about LostPass, but there’s lots more info at their FAQ page. And to get a quick birds-eye view of it, here’s a video to watch.
Thank you LastPass. My life is infinitely easier now.
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