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I keep hearing about people using password managers and how they wished they used them earlier, so how many people use them or what do you use to manage your passwords?

As we seem to be getting more and more of them I thought it would be worth looking into a manager. At the minute I use an encrypted word document but would it be beneficial to move to an official solution such as KeePass (seems to be popular) LastPass also seems to be popular.

What manager would you recommend? would you recommend one at all?

@LastPass @Google

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i just started using LastPass i still need to get it set up with more passwords and change some of my passwords that are all the same

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Lastpass.

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At a former employer the security was so tight that knowing someone else’s password was a sackable offence. Having them written down was even worse. Memory is the best thing!

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KeePass

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Second for KeePass. It can be secured with a password and a keyfile.

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I prefer KeePass. They also have a android version. The good thing about the mobile and desktop version is that you can update the database on the phone and then copy the database to the desktop and it will open there. Unfortunately no sync option yet.

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I use Norton identity Safe, works for me, but there are loads out there.

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I’d been using a spreadsheet for years and decided that i should use something more secure so I installed KeyPass and imported all my id’s and passwords - The following day I could not open KeyPass… it threw some kind of an error - Yikes!

Fortunately I had kept my original spreadsheet so all was not lost. I uninstalled KeyPass and reinstalled the imported again…bla bla, bla … a day later I can’t get into keypass…

This got me thinking, If i have all my “stuff” locked up in one place and I suddenly can’t get to it, I’m screwed. So what do you do, keep 2 copies ??

I’m back to using my spreadsheet!

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I like using Lastpass. I always have a browser open, even if I’m storing a password for something not web based, it works well. I also like the random password generation. Also, whenever I really need to look up a password without my computer, I can always look it up on the web browser on my phone.

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+1 KeePass; stored in a cloud provider with clients for my PC, Android & iPad along with a complex password.

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Backups are needed for everything. I randomly export a copy of my Lastpass database. I haven’t done that in a while. I should add that to my to-do list before the next backup of my home workstation.

The rules for backups, 3-2-1, 3 copies - original media 1 and media 2, 2 types of media, and 1 copy off site.

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Memory isn’t easy when you have umpteen accounts all with different passwords.

Dam didn’t think about if something like that were to happen, obviously I would back the database up. Have you tried it again since? has anyone else had any problems like this?

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I’ve been using LastPass for about 2 months now. Love the 2-Factor Authentication and have found to been a huge time saver especially for form fills. Only catch is, if you choose to do use long/complex/randomly generated passwords, you pretty much need to purchase the premium version for mobile usage. Otherwise, you’ll be viewing and copying the passwords every time you login to a site.

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LastPass does the job for me.

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also if there are any students here who want to try the premium version of LastPass they are offering 6 months free https://lastpass.com/edupromo.php

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I can say from personal experience that Norton Identity Safe can by bypassed and passwords extracted.

I prefer Keepass over LastPass mainly because I don’t trust anyone else’s servers but my own. Integrate with your favorite cloud storage (Dropbox, Spideroak, etc.) and you have your own cloud backup that you can be sure no other company has the decryption keys for.

Just my 2 cents.

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I tried almost all of them and lastpass is the best of the bunch.

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Keepass offers a DB_Backup plugin. It stores multiple copies of the database in a location of your choice. It’s also intelligent enough to only keep say the most recent 4 copies or 8 copies, (whatever number you feel comfortable with) so If anything ever gets corrupted you can recover. It does require a plugin and not standard. For the life of me I don’t know why, but it’s pretty straightforward. Just unzip and copy the plugin to the same folder as where the Keepass application is stored. Restart Keepass and configure your preferences. There’s a number of really cool plugins. You can really customize the hell out of Keepass and really make it your “own”.

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I’m liking the idea of KeePass over LastPass because of this thought. For added security I could drop the KeePass file in a encrypted 7zip file. But yeah I like the idea of keeping it in a cloud server, if necessary rather than use LastPass servers.

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