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Offline AKIron

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LastPass
« on: December 23, 2022, 07:32:35 AM »
They were hacked. An encrypted database was stolen. The hackers will be trying to guess/crack master passwords. If they do they can access your user names and passwords.

My master password is pretty good and unlikely to be cracked but I'm changing the passwords on my accounts stored there.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2022, 09:49:41 AM »
What is Last Pass?
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2022, 10:12:34 AM »
Keeps your passwords, a password vault. It was considered one of the best. I think that just changed. 
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2022, 10:16:55 AM »
If you are letting your browser remember your passwords then it's doing the same thing. If you use Google Chrome and let it remember them then know that by default they are synced to the cloud. Or at least last time I checked. That makes them as vulnerable to hackers as LastPass was.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2022, 10:21:16 AM »
What a PIA. Mine are probably protected by my long master password but I'm not taking any chances and changing all my passwords. I was long overdue anyhow.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2022, 11:23:04 AM »
Yepp... It's convenient to let a program remember your passwords with you only having to remember one that should be strong enough and then some. It's also convenient if the passwords are in the cloud, migrating to a new computer will be just that much faster. But... If it's man made, it's man hackable.

The only fool proof way to store passwords from hackers is a tiny book where you write them down and keep the book updated. Even that isn't 100% safe as the services you use can be hacked but if you use good password hygiene and never use the same in other services, only one service at a time is endangered.

Hope you're safe behind that long master password. Changing that might suffice but as you can't tell whether they've already figured that out it's safest to change them all.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2022, 11:27:12 AM »
I don't trust that the thieving hackers won't be able to find a way around the master passwords. I've already changed about 20, the more important ones.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2022, 12:01:58 PM »
Lastpass was always a handy idea, but I just never trusted using those type sites.

Hope yall are not messed with in any way.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2022, 12:30:28 PM »
It is convenient for keeping passwords made from long strings of characters/symbols/numbers. I'm not giving up on it just yet but no accounts stored even remotely tied to money. I was already pretty careful in not doing that.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2022, 12:55:31 PM »
Quote from: Bizman on December 23, 2022, 11:23:04 AM
Yepp... It's convenient to let a program remember your passwords with you only having to remember one that should be strong enough and then some. It's also convenient if the passwords are in the cloud, migrating to a new computer will be just that much faster. But... If it's man made, it's man hackable.

The only fool proof way to store passwords from hackers is a tiny book where you write them down and keep the book updated. Even that isn't 100% safe as the services you use can be hacked but if you use good password hygiene and never use the same in other services, only one service at a time is endangered.

Hope you're safe behind that long master password. Changing that might suffice but as you can't tell whether they've already figured that out it's safest to change them all.

I use Last Pass precisely because I can't take the chance on a hard copy of all my passwords being found. I'm in the unique situation of having a narcissistic sociopath in the house with me. That should be changing soon but until it does...no way I'm making a hard copy.

My long master password is really a sentence. Try guessing that. ;)
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2022, 08:23:16 AM »
Quote from: Elfie on December 23, 2022, 12:55:31 PM


My long master password is really a sentence. Try guessing that. ;)

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Re: LastPass
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2022, 08:34:22 AM »
Dang, now I gotta change mine.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2022, 09:25:02 AM »
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2022, 12:22:03 PM »
Quote from: Shuffler on December 24, 2022, 08:23:16 AM
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See? I knew you couldn't guess it.
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Re: LastPass
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2022, 12:49:56 PM »
Quote from: Elfie on December 23, 2022, 12:55:31 PM


My long master password is really a sentence. Try guessing that. ;)

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