LastPass changes
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I've heard good things about Dashlane too.
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I am still using keepass (for about 10 years). I use a master password and a key file. I have the encrypted DB file synced across all my systems and mobile devices using dropbox. Being that it is encrypted prior to being synced and stored "in the cloud", does this present a problem?
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@WingCreative said:
I switched over to Dashlane after LastPass' LMI acquisition and have been evaluating them since. I really like their interface and how easy it is to use, though having their program start with Windows took getting used to.
They provide easy ways to import data from other password managers - exporting my LastPass passwords was easy, and there's an option to import KeePass data as well which I have yet to try. They also have apps for iOS and Android so you can access your passwords on mobile if you'd like. Their browser plugins also seem to be a little more seamless than LastPass' IMO.
I ended up buying Dashlane Premium with no regrets so far. At this point I'm grateful for LMI's acquisition as it gave me the chance to evaluate other options
Dashlane is more than 3 times the cost of LastPass though.
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@wrx7m said:
I am still using keepass (for about 10 years). I use a master password and a key file. I have the encrypted DB file synced across all my systems and mobile devices using dropbox. Being that it is encrypted prior to being synced and stored "in the cloud", does this present a problem?
That is not any different than how Dashlan or LastPass work at a general level.
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Right, but presumably, there is less risk associated with me having the control over decryption capability, would that be correct or am I missing something?
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@wrx7m said:
Right, but presumably, there is less risk associated with me having the control over decryption capability, would that be correct or am I missing something?
Why do you think you have more control. Lastpass also does all encryption locally before sending any data to LP. Only an encrypted blob is sent to LP.
If you're on a computer that's never used LP before, the javascript that's in the page does local checking/verifying of your username/password before the blob is downloaded to you, and once it's there, it's decrypted only locally.
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@Dashrender I thought it was managed on the back end on their site. Guess not. That's why I asked.
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@wrx7m said:
@Dashrender I thought it was managed on the back end on their site. Guess not. That's why I asked.
Nah - only reason I trust it was because they, LP, never had/have access to your data.
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@Dashrender I guess I got confused when everyone was crapping on them due to the acquisition by LMI.
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@scottalanmiller did say
"Like their agreements not to decrypt your data, they agreement to take backups, their agreement to your privacy, etc."So it could be implied they could in the future.
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller did say
"Like their agreements not to decrypt your data, they agreement to take backups, their agreement to your privacy, etc."So it could be implied they could in the future.
Yes - it could - but that seems very unlikely - Scott, myself and may other are pissed at LMI because they put a noticed that LMI free would be Free forever - and then they canceled the product less than a year later.
While this does suck, but that's not the same as them deciding that they are going to break security they have to weaken or defeat it. I think they would disappear quickly if they actually were found to be doing that.
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@Dashrender said:
@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller did say
"Like their agreements not to decrypt your data, they agreement to take backups, their agreement to your privacy, etc."So it could be implied they could in the future.
Yes - it could - but that seems very unlikely - Scott, myself and may other are pissed at LMI because they put a noticed that LMI free would be Free forever - and then they canceled the product less than a year later.
While this does suck, but that's not the same as them deciding that they are going to break security they have to weaken or defeat it. I think they would disappear quickly if they actually were found to be doing that.
To YOU it is not the same, but I don't see why you think so. In both cases we are talking about a commitment that they go back on. In both cases it is about not being able to trust them. Why do you feel that lacking faith and trust in them is okay when it is your passwords but not okay when it is just a free service? The thing that sucks is the lack of trust and integrity, not that they don't offer the free service anymore. Talking about the lack of free distracts from the issue of trust.
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If this was real life and you had a person in your town that was known for going back on their work and not being trustworthy. But then they offered to keep your data safe for you. Would you go "well they never lies about THIS issue" or "their general issues with integrity have never been around passwords before" and then trust them with your data?
Hell no. People you can't trust are people you can't trust. You don't get magical lines like this. Just because the data is critical and worth way more money doesn't mean that you can suddenly trust them when before you couldn't. It doesn't work that way.
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Or let's try this conversation as an example...
CEO: "Who has access to our secure data?"
You: "Us and, of course, LMI."
CEO: "Ah yes, LMI, our security vendor. We can trust them with the keys to our company data?"
You: "Sure we can. I mean, they've been untrustworthy before and we have no reason to feel that they could be trusted now. They don't have a good track record or anything and they have general issues with integrity. But, you know, that was before we gave them our data so I'm sure we can trust them THIS TIME."
Suddenly it doesn't sound so unrelated, right?
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The question begs to be asked... Whom do you now trust as an alternative to LMI for remote support for remote users?
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@wrx7m said:
The question begs to be asked... Whom do you now trust as an alternative to LMI for remote support for remote users?
There are many choices. We [NTG] moved to ScreenConnect. We were an non-free LMI customer before that, but they went nuts and we won't do business with them now. It had nothing with it being free or not, it was that they weren't a good company anymore.
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@scottalanmiller I started with LMI when they were free and stuck with them and paid 200 bucks a year. Last year they increased it without any notification to over $400 and so I checked out TeamViewer but they are still more expensive (at least they were when I last checked).
The main thing I liked about it after the price increase was that ninite pro had an auto updater for it. They also have one for TeamViewer. Do you know if ScreenConnect requires admin rights for updates?
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@wrx7m said:
The main thing I liked about it after the price increase was that ninite pro had an auto updater for it. They also have one for TeamViewer. Do you know if ScreenConnect requires admin rights for updates?
If you have the full screenconnect agent installed, it runs as admin, so it can update itself.
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@wrx7m said:
@scottalanmiller I started with LMI when they were free and stuck with them and paid 200 bucks a year. Last year they increased it without any notification to over $400 and so I checked out TeamViewer but they are still more expensive (at least they were when I last checked).
The main thing I liked about it after the price increase was that ninite pro had an auto updater for it. They also have one for TeamViewer. Do you know if ScreenConnect requires admin rights for updates?
Have you tried reaching out to TeamViewer?
I contacted them as a small shop and they offered a very low monthly cost. Much less than $200 a month. Much less than $100. At least for a 1 person shop.
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That's pretty cool. We did that with ScreenConnect and got a good deal. SC is not hosted, we host it ourselves currently on Azure but moving to DigitalOcean (someday.)
