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    • IRJI
      IRJ
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      Dashlane

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      • C
        Carnival Boy
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        I was going to write that I use Keepass rather than Lastpass because I don't like the idea of some dodgy American firm storing the keys to my entire life on their servers, but then I remembered that I store my Keepass database on OneDrive so....

        I still suspect Keepass is more secure than Lastpass but I can't really say why. I suppose someone would have to hack into both my OneDrive account AND my Keepass database, whereas maybe it's easier to hack into Lastpass? I also haven't used iOS apps for accessing Keepass since that requires giving my Keepass database credentials to a 3rd party app (as Keepass haven't made their own app) and I'm not confident about doing that.

        I dunno. It sometimes scares me how much personal info I have in Keepass.

        Anyway, I use Keepass for personal and work, and love it.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
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          I use LastPass currently, and if their new owners shit on it, I will switch to Dashlane.
          KeePass is rather useless to me because of the shared setup I use for client information.

          I recommend KeePass to individuals for home use. It is less useful in iOS. I recommend LastPass to heavy mobile users.

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          • NattNattN
            NattNatt
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            I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @NattNatt
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              @NattNatt said:

              I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

              I have hundreds of unique passwords for all the various systems and sites and services I use. There is zero chance that I can remember all of those passwords.

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              • C
                Carnival Boy
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                Do you all let your browser store your passwords? Any good reason not to?

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                • aaron-closed accountA
                  aaron-closed account Banned
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                  • NattNattN
                    NattNatt @JaredBusch
                    last edited by

                    @JaredBusch said:

                    @NattNatt said:

                    I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

                    I have hundreds of unique passwords for all the various systems and sites and services I use. There is zero chance that I can remember all of those passwords.

                    Yeah, I'm lucky in that I only have about 20 or so passwords to remember 😛

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22
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                      I set mine as my screen saver so when I leave my computer logged in under the administrator account for longer than 30 minutes (every day) it forces me to login again--which is annoying and everyone here says is pointless (I agree). That way I never forget my password.

                      /heavy sarcasm

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @Carnival Boy
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                        @Carnival-Boy said:

                        Do you all let your browser store your passwords? Any good reason not to?

                        Nope, any good reason - well, Lastpass can import them, that kinda tells me that an infection can export them - so.. yeah, no thanks.

                        of course, I suppose it might be possible for an infection to export an open vault on Lastpass as well, but that would have to be specifically programmed.

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                        • KellyK
                          Kelly @JaredBusch
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                          @JaredBusch said:

                          @NattNatt said:

                          I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

                          I have hundreds of unique passwords for all the various systems and sites and services I use. There is zero chance that I can remember all of those passwords.

                          I'm with you on that. It seems like every government agency has different requirements, and many of them state that you cannot reuse a password period. I cannot keep 20+ passwords with their crazy and conflicting complexity requirements stashed in my head when I only use them once a month (to keep my account active).

                          I use LastPass currently. I'm waiting warily for LMI to do something stupid and I'll jump then, but at this point the effort is not worth it.

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                          • Deleted74295D
                            Deleted74295 Banned
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                            LastPass user. - Hopefully they don't break it.

                            https://www.dashlane.com/premium

                            Dashlane is way more expensive though. I can buy 3 years of LastPass for 4$ cheaper than a single DashLane year.

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                            • DanpD
                              Danp
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                              Roboform

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                              • stacksofplatesS
                                stacksofplates
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                                I use keepass. I have the database in dropbox and then I have a key file that's stored on each device (including mobile) so it does update all of the time.

                                It's not the prettiest or most convenient to do it that way but it works.

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                                • stacksofplatesS
                                  stacksofplates @Kelly
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                                  @Kelly said:

                                  @JaredBusch said:

                                  @NattNatt said:

                                  I remember mine...always been a bit wary of using an application to store them...then, if someone gets into that, they have everything surely..?

                                  I have hundreds of unique passwords for all the various systems and sites and services I use. There is zero chance that I can remember all of those passwords.

                                  I'm with you on that. It seems like every government agency has different requirements, and many of them state that you cannot reuse a password period. I cannot keep 20+ passwords with their crazy and conflicting complexity requirements stashed in my head when I only use them once a month (to keep my account active).

                                  I use LastPass currently. I'm waiting warily for LMI to do something stupid and I'll jump then, but at this point the effort is not worth it.

                                  I wish my personal bank was like that. I used my default password generator setup and I was informed that I can only use letters and numbers, no special characters.....

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    Stickie notes.

                                    http://e.lvme.me/pzv5j7l.jpg

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