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John Covici wrote: |
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> On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:04:01 -0500, |
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> Dale wrote: |
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>> Howdy, |
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>> Lastpass is forcing people to use only one device type or pay a fee. |
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>> I've used the free version of Lastpass for years and it works well for |
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>> me. I use it on my desktop and my cell phone too. However, I don't |
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>> want to be limited to one device type and I also don't care much for |
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>> paying for the service either. After doing some searching, it seems |
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>> Bitwarden is pretty close to Lastpass. Anyone here used both that can |
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>> tell me if there is any differences between the two, bad differences for |
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>> sure? The new restrictions don't start for a while, March I think, so I |
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>> have time to switch. According to search info, I can even export from |
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>> Lastpass and import to Bitwarden pretty easily. |
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>> The only downside I've found so far is that Bitwarden isn't available |
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>> for Seamonkey. Thing is, Lastpass hasn't updated the addon for |
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>> Seamonkey in 2 or 3 years either so I'm using a older legacy version |
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>> anyway. I'm not sure how much of a downside that is but I won't be able |
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>> to use a password manager at all for Seamonkey. I hate to say this but |
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>> Seamonkey is going to die if people don't start getting addons working |
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>> with it. Firefox has tons of addons that Seamonkey doesn't. I like |
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>> that it is a browser and email all in one but it is getting more limited |
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>> every day. |
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>> Anyone have info on switching from Lastpass to Bitwarden? Thoughts? |
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> hmmm, I never got a notice like that, but I am a premium user, so |
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> maybe that is the reason. It was worth it so I could give emergency |
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> access. |
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This is the announcement. |
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https://support.logmeininc.com/lastpass/help/what-can-i-expect-to-change-for-lastpass-free-on-march-16-2021 |
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I suspect the reason you didn't get the notice, it won't affect you |
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since you are already a paying user. While they may get some users to |
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pay with this new setup, I bet they lose a lot more than they gain, user |
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wise. After all, I was able to switch in well under 5 minutes. I have |
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three Firefox profiles and a cell phone and it still didn't take long. |
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Most of that was downloading the app or addon. If my DSL was faster, 2 |
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or 3 minutes maybe. I spent more time composing my first message about |
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this switch. lol |
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I have my important passwords on a encrypted USB stick. If I get hit by |
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lightening or something, I have a family member who can decrypt the USB |
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stick and have the password and other info as well. To be honest tho, |
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it isn't needed. My bank and such already has the paperwork needed to |
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close accounts and take care of other things. Still, I'm not worried |
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about forgetting or losing my password, I'd be more worried about it |
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getting corrupted and not being able to login whether I'm a paying user |
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or not. It could happen even tho I suspect it is very rare. |
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I guess time will tell how well this works. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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