Comments on: Is LastPass the Password Manager for you http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/ Reviews of Mobile Devices and Gadgets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: macraken http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-4384 macraken Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:42:55 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-4384 I only use mac and mac only products. If my friends are on a windoze pc they are SOL lol Tell your friend to buy a mac I do. Sharing things is not difficult from mac to pc via email. I try to avoid anything that is cross plattform because they usually taylor to pc users. Mac users should support mac developers. I only use mac and mac only products. If my friends are on a windoze pc they are SOL lol Tell your friend to buy a mac I do. Sharing things is not difficult from mac to pc via email. I try to avoid anything that is cross plattform because they usually taylor to pc users. Mac users should support mac developers.

]]> By: Resolved a LastPass Issue for One Reader http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Resolved a LastPass Issue for One Reader Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:08:15 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-2290 [...]  The challenges our caller was having were actually some of the things I briefly covered in an early article about LastPass. He had two main [...] [...]  The challenges our caller was having were actually some of the things I briefly covered in an early article about LastPass. He had two main [...]

]]> By: LastPass Support on my Android Issue | Simple Mobile Review http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 LastPass Support on my Android Issue | Simple Mobile Review Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:04:35 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-1564 [...]  For $1 per month that is more than a fair exchange.  I had mentioned in my earlier article Is LastPass the Password Manager for you that one feature of paying for LastPass was [...] [...]  For $1 per month that is more than a fair exchange.  I had mentioned in my earlier article Is LastPass the Password Manager for you that one feature of paying for LastPass was [...]

]]> By: Bastiaan http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Bastiaan Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:44:34 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-1506 This is a very intriguing review, and you are making a good case for this solution. However, call me paranoid, but are you not creating multiple single points of failure? Implementing a solution like this means that even though you use host proof hosting you still have to deal with problems like "The Chinese Google Hack" that we have been seeing and hearing about the last weeks. That puppy is not going away any time soon, it's not even clear how many company have been impacted. Yesterday WIRED wrote an article around the IE (Internet Explorer) flaw and is hinting at a much more sinister predicament that company are facing today called Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). This is a situation where hackers target specific companies burrow then selves so deep into their infrastructure that they can observe, undetected for years. If you want to read more then take a look at the article by Kim Zetter at WIRED, called "Report Details Hacks Targeting Google, Others" posted yesterday. This brings me to the next point of failure and that are the mobile devices themselves. When I open my outlook today one of the 1st RSS feeds that I see is one from your friends over at IntoMobile that reads “Beware the iPhone provisioning file hack!” and this one says : ” The hack currently making its way around the web is a configuration file that claims to be “verified” as coming from “Apple Computer”,…… Once a user is tricked into installing the file, they essentially hand over control of major iPhone features to the hacker. That allows a hacker to peek inside your data traffic to learn bank account numbers, passwords, and the like.”. To finalize this response,.. I have to worry about the end point, the hosting platform, I have to worry about the integrity of web servers of LastPass, and now Mobile platform could also be insecure. I know by not using a solution like LastPass I limit myself to only a very few password that I could possibly remember, but for me right now there are just too many variables that I have no control over with all my sensitive password data that can open up my entire life. This is a very intriguing review, and you are making a good case for this solution. However, call me paranoid, but are you not creating multiple single points of failure? Implementing a solution like this means that even though you use host proof hosting you still have to deal with problems like “The Chinese Google Hack” that we have been seeing and hearing about the last weeks. That puppy is not going away any time soon, it’s not even clear how many company have been impacted. Yesterday WIRED wrote an article around the IE (Internet Explorer) flaw and is hinting at a much more sinister predicament that company are facing today called Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). This is a situation where hackers target specific companies burrow then selves so deep into their infrastructure that they can observe, undetected for years. If you want to read more then take a look at the article by Kim Zetter at WIRED, called “Report Details Hacks Targeting Google, Others” posted yesterday. This brings me to the next point of failure and that are the mobile devices themselves. When I open my outlook today one of the 1st RSS feeds that I see is one from your friends over at IntoMobile that reads “Beware the iPhone provisioning file hack!” and this one says : ” The hack currently making its way around the web is a configuration file that claims to be “verified” as coming from “Apple Computer”,…… Once a user is tricked into installing the file, they essentially hand over control of major iPhone features to the hacker. That allows a hacker to peek inside your data traffic to learn bank account numbers, passwords, and the like.”. To finalize this response,.. I have to worry about the end point, the hosting platform, I have to worry about the integrity of web servers of LastPass, and now Mobile platform could also be insecure. I know by not using a solution like LastPass I limit myself to only a very few password that I could possibly remember, but for me right now there are just too many variables that I have no control over with all my sensitive password data that can open up my entire life.

]]> By: Jase http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Jase Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:22:51 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-1503 Glad to come across your review. As a Mac user I started off using Wallet and then moved to 1Password. 1Password is currently my favorite, but I took advantage of a Yubikey offer and bought two Yubikeys and a 1 year premium subscription to LastPass for only $40. Since my work machine is Windows, I like LastPass' browser integration. My concern is a bit different from yours though... I don't worry about my info sitting on their server. I know enough about encryption to know that if I do my part in carefully choosing a password, that my data is worthless noise to any would-be hacker. But my concern is at the browser end. On the Mac side of my life, I will be using LastPass on Firefox. On the Windows side of my life: IE8. It's the browser integration that seems to be the weak link to me. Browsers have historically had so many vulnerabilities. Anyway, I'm like you, I'm giving it a try. Thanks for you updates, I'll be back to read them. Jase. Glad to come across your review. As a Mac user I started off using Wallet and then moved to 1Password. 1Password is currently my favorite, but I took advantage of a Yubikey offer and bought two Yubikeys and a 1 year premium subscription to LastPass for only $40. Since my work machine is Windows, I like LastPass’ browser integration. My concern is a bit different from yours though…

I don’t worry about my info sitting on their server. I know enough about encryption to know that if I do my part in carefully choosing a password, that my data is worthless noise to any would-be hacker. But my concern is at the browser end. On the Mac side of my life, I will be using LastPass on Firefox. On the Windows side of my life: IE8.

It’s the browser integration that seems to be the weak link to me. Browsers have historically had so many vulnerabilities.

Anyway, I’m like you, I’m giving it a try. Thanks for you updates, I’ll be back to read them.

Jase.

]]> By: Rod Simmons http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1498 Rod Simmons Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:08:25 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-1498 Why do you not like Roboform? To be honest it is one of my favs. Why do you not like Roboform? To be honest it is one of my favs.

]]> By: Brent http://www.simplemobilereview.com/is-lastpass-the-password-manager-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Brent Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:58:03 +0000 http://www.simplemobilereview.com/?p=1274#comment-1497 Good review. I will have to take a look, especially since I loath Roboform. Good review. I will have to take a look, especially since I loath Roboform.

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