Which password manager?

[Creag]

I have read through various threads to get a feel for which password manager to use. I have seen references to:

KeePass
LastPass
1Password
2FA

There appears to be pros and cons to each. The difficulty is choosing an appropriate manager. Are there any that one should avoid? And does it just come down to your own preference toward one type of manager (i.e. personal preference)?

 

[gregmcc]

I used lastpass for personal passwords.

Keepass at work for sharing passwords. Keepass does not auto fill in password for web sessions.

 

[HavocXphere]

I've used lastpass for years. It does what I need it to & seems secure from what I can tell (naturally thats a layman's opinion).

e.g. From travelling I've seen that their suspicious login detection is hyper-sensitive. Even my recent visit to SA got flagged - despite me actively using it in SA for 3+ years.

Only thing I don't like is that it auto-logs in by default. i.e. If you sleep a laptop & the wake it up again its still logged in. So I'd suggest changing that.

Edit: Just make sure the email its connected to has 2 factor auth.

 

[backstreetboy]

I use keepass because it's free. This plugin gives it autofill. 2FA is not a password manager. It's just another gate before you can get into your account.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I'm using Dashlane.

 

[Bryn]

I use LastPass and love it.

 

[Arthur]

If you have a Windows phone, try Sky Wallet.

 

[Ho3n3r]

I use my memory.

 

[Biscuit1018]

I have read through various threads to get a feel for which password manager to use. I have seen references to:

KeePass
LastPass
1Password
2FA

There appears to be pros and cons to each. The difficulty is choosing an appropriate manager. Are there any that one should avoid? And does it just come down to your own preference toward one type of manager (i.e. personal preference)?

I use Lastpass. Free version is fine
If you pay a little you can also use it for sharing


I have hear 1Password is good as well but cannot personally vouch for it

 

[Biscuit1018]

I use my memory.

A unique password per website reg? Smart guy... Unless you just use a pattern

 

[Creag]

Thank you for all the responses. It seems that it comes down to preference more than anything else.

Do any stand out for you (or not) when it comes to use across multiple devices (i.e. smartphone, iPad, home PC and work laptop)?

I use my memory.

You sir, might well be gifted. Me - and my porous memory - I am not. Therefore this pursuit

 

[MagicDude4Eva]

1Password (AFAIK, the others "force" you to sync with their services or with Dropbox). 1Password syncs via Wifi between my Mac and Phone - so no reason to store my encrypted password vault online.

 

[Solitude]

We use KeePass at work and I use LastPass at home. Definitely prefer LastPass. I haven't tried the others you mentioned though.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Quite happy with Lastpass now that I'm forced back onto Windows.

However if I was still on OSX I would be sticking to iCloud Keychain instead.

 

[bwana]

Quite happy with Lastpass now that I'm forced back onto Windows.

However if I was still on OSX I would be sticking to iCloud Keychain instead.

Works great across my laptop, phone, and tablet.

 

[backstreetboy]

I'll probably move back to Chrome password manager and Google Smartlock https://get.google.com/smartlock/ since MS Edge is such a failure.

 

[pinball wizard]

I use my memory.

A unique password per website reg? Smart guy... Unless you just use a pattern

I also use memory.

And yes a strong unique password per website.

I do concede that for rarely used websites that don't have personal info I use strong unique passwords that I do not remember. I just do a password reset every-time I use the site. - edit: scratch that. Even for websites like mybb I use a password reset when I can't remember my password.

 

[kaufen]

What I did: created a spreadsheet, listing 0 through 9 and A through Z. I then went down the list and typed a random key to represent each of those 36 characters. I then use that key list to do my passwords. The passwords are generally simple phrases that I don't worry about forgetting, which I then "encrypt" using my subsitution key.

 

[Ho3n3r]

A unique password per website reg? Smart guy... Unless you just use a pattern

Sense a bit of snark in that reply.

But I can't use a pattern, because:
1. Many sites have different requirements to what a password it.
2. At work, I don't get to choose the multiple server/SQL server/database passwords.
3. I have to remember my wife's passwords because she forgets them, and they're not in any way related to mine.

I just find numbers and values easy to remember. Just like some people can put faces to names easily. It's not a phenomenon.

It's like Joe Average who couldn't believe how good Tiger Woods is because he wasn't good at all at getting stuff into a hole himself. Doesn't make it impossible for others.

 

[atomcrusher]

I've been using LastPass for a couple of years now. It works well (as long as you remember your master PW) :twisted: