![]() ![]() ![]() You see, entrusting all your passwords to one organisation is a big thing. Reputation is critical.- Troy Hunt October 10, 2015 Very interesting to see how many people say they will now leave as a result of the acquisition. Why aren’t they happy? I touched on it here: People aren’t real happy either when you look at the comments they’ve left on that post. I get it in the-big-publicly-traded-company-gobbling-up-the-smaller-one kinda way, but it’s an odd marriage for a company that builds remote desktop software to buy one that builds a password manager. Get copying.This is somewhat of a perplexing acquisition, but apparently LastPass is now owned by LogMeIn. Each password manager has a clear way to enter new credentials. You know how in The Karate Kid the karate kid is forced to do a series of repetitive tasks, only to learn their true value at a later date? Well, this is that part. However: if you’re perma-logged in to lots of accounts, you’ll need to log out and log back in to upload your passwords this way. Just go about your business normally, and when you get the chance to enter a password online, your manager will pop up and ask if you want to save it. If you don’t want to hand over the keys for everything to your password manager immediately, this is the best option. If you’re using a Mac, you might also have your login info stored in Apple’s Keychain application export your data using the guide here. ![]() (1Password doesn’t do this, and it’s very annoying.) This is the easiest way by far to get started. LastPass and Dashlane let you import passwords from a number of browsers. ![]()
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