lastpass password manager
lastpass touts themselves as “the last password you will have to remember.”
lastpass is a password manager that is simple to install. There are versions for Windows, Mac and Linux based computers.
lastpass stores your passwords in an encrypted file both on your system and on a secure website.
Here are the key points that they mention on their website:
- Create strong passwords, knowing you only have to remember one.
- Log into your favorite sites with a single click
- Fill forms in a second; stop pulling out your wallet to get your credit card number
- Access and manage your data from multiple computers seamlessly
- Share logins with friends and let others share logins with you
There are 3 variations on how you can get to your secure encrypted password, form and note storage.
- lastpass Browser Plug-In / Toolbar - This is the most common use of lastpass as it is in your browser as you are using it.
- lastpass web site - The website interface can be used on other computers that you have not installed lastpass on (such as a shared computer or a public computer,)
- lastpass Pocket Edition - This application runs from a USB drive and has an encrypted list of your password and note storage.
You probably noticed that I mention password, form and note storage.
lastpass lets you store not only passwords for your sites you visit, but you can store form information as well as notes on just about anything at all (such as maybe offline ‘password’ or ‘pins’ such as those bank ’secret’ questions.
lastpass is currently in BETA, and is available for FREE.
I asked about future pricing as it wasn’t initially spelled out in their FAQ and they assured me that there will always be a free version, and that they might charge for a more advanced “Enterprise” version.
The version as of this review is 1.34 BETA.
It works, but has some quirks in Internet Explorer and the feature set hasn’t really been smoothed out yet.
However, it is a fully functional password manager.
Each version gets better and better, so I would expect to see three sets of 5 stars in the future.