LastPass demanded my master password - the key to my entire password vault. So last week, I opened my laptop and logged in to the content management system for this site (I am being deliberately vague about some technologies we use because, as you probably know, this site is a favorite target for hackers. Although no passwords were reportedly compromised, the report made many customers uneasy about their passwords. Last year, Google warned that LastPass could be hacked by embedding malicious code on a site. Sodexo is a leading provider of integrated food, facilities management and other services that enhance organizational performance, contribute to local communities and improve quality of life for millions of customers in corporate, education, healthcare, senior living, sports and leisure, government and other environments daily. Sodexo North America is part of a global, Fortune 500 company with a presence in 80 countries. But it made me far more aware that LastPass login could be a security vulnerability. There’s no evidence that she ever obtained my master password.
I would return to my laptop to find the LastPass tab active. She waited for me to leave my laptop unattended and then pulled up my LastPass screen. In retaliation, my daughter threatened to hack my computer. She’d be up all night watching the latest episode of Dr. She had developed an Anime habit that was keeping her from doing her schoolwork. At the start of the summer, I made a difficult decision to restrict my daughter’s computer access. If you forget your LastPass login, you lose all of your passwords.Īnd that brings me to my sad tale. In the case of LastPass, if you are using the “free” version, you must remember your master password. Others include 1Password, Keeper and Dashlane.Ĭomputer users like these programs because they never have to worry about remembering their password. When you type in a password, it asks if you want to remember it when you need to recall a password, LastPass offers to fill in the information automatically. You can install LastPass as a plugin on your browser and download it as an app for your phone. LastPass is a password manager that stores all of your passwords in encrypted form. It’s about the changing nature of computer security and what it means for you. But this story is about more than a “free” app giving me what I paid for (nothing). It turns out I’m far from the only one who’s had a problem with a password manager. That day finally came last week when LastPass surrendered its last password. It stored all of my passwords on my laptop and recalled them securely whenever I needed them. Before passwords got complicated, and before the massive data breaches scared the living daylights out of us, LastPass was the perfect app for remembering my login information.
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