I rarely need to reattempt a logon with LastPass however after my 10th attempt to logon with my password (26 characters) and YubiKey I was thinking there must be something wrong. I think the team at LastPass gave a clear disclosure of what is happening, why, and what you need to do on their LastPass Security Notification blog post.
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I am a strong believer that quality support is what makes a company standout. Since starting with LastPass they have pushed at least 2 updates to the Android client. 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 support. [click to continue…]
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LastPass is a web password manager that works on both desktops (Windows, OSX, Linux) and mobile devices (Symbian, Windows Phone, Blackberry, iPhone, and Android). Additionally, LastPass covers the major web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome). To put it simply, when you navigate to a site the prompts you to logon (Facebook, Twitter, Digg, GMail, Yahoo, Windows Live Mail, etc) a password manager (LastPass) will automatically fill in the credentials for you. Many people allow the browser to save their passwords but that is extremely insecure as access to the clear text password in all browsers is a single click away. Additionally, the saved password is only stored on that computer in that browser. The promise of LastPass is a secure method to store your password so it is accessible, provided you have internet access, which is when you need to use them. Additionally, because your information is stored in the web, you can transition from computer-to-computer to mobile device without the need to synchronize updated information.
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