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Posted 31 December 2011 - 01:39 AM
Am currently using PassSafe (from SourceForge) ... but am looking for something I can use to access my passwords when not at home (retired - so work not a problem). Have seen good reports for Last Pass - a cloud based password manager ... but am reluctant to put my passwords on the Internet.
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Posted 31 December 2011 - 07:41 PM
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Posted 02 January 2012 - 10:19 AM
You don't actually put your passwords on the internet, you put a highly encrypted and hashed version of them online. This is a highly secure way to store them...even lastpass cannot recover them for you. I am not familiar with PassSafe, so can't compare them. But LastPass is very highly rated, and if you create a strong master password for yourself, you should not worry about having your passwords hacked thru LastPass.
Any thoughts?
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Posted 07 January 2012 - 05:48 PM
Any thoughts?
Your encryption key is created from your email address and Master Password. Your Master Password is never sent to LastPass, only a one-way hash of your password when authenticating, which means that the components that make up your key remain local. This is why it is very important to remember your LastPass Master Password; we do not know it and without it your encrypted data is meaningless. LastPass also offers advanced security options that let you add more layers of protection.
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Posted 07 January 2012 - 08:25 PM
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