Password Managers

digamma · 01-23-2014, 08:57 AM

After having to submit two password reset requests this week for little used accounts, I think I finally need to admit my memory is not as good as it used to be and I'm in the market for a password manager. I've googled and have a general idea of what is out there, but are there apps or browser add ons that people use and really like? I think I most prefer something with mobile and desktop/laptop features.

What does the FOFC say?

Buccaneer · 01-23-2014, 08:59 AM

Keeper for both PC and mobile devices - can sync between the two. I use the PC version to enter in the records since it's easier.

PilotMan · 01-23-2014, 09:30 AM

I use Lastpass on my pc's. I'd give it a good 3 star rating, plus it's free to use.

mckerney · 01-23-2014, 09:50 AM

I use KeePass and sync with Google drive to use on both my computers and phone.

Easy Mac · 01-23-2014, 09:51 AM

I use keepass. It autosyncs to dropbox, works on android/PC/iOS, and is open source. Also helpful to generate passwords. Plus its completely free, with Lastpass you have to pay to use it on mobile.

KeePass Password Safe

Antmeister · 01-23-2014, 09:54 AM

Yep keepass user myself as well.

Castlerock · 01-23-2014, 09:55 AM

I use KeePass (synced via dropbox across multiple PCs and a Mac). For me, it came down to KeePass and LastPass and I chose KeePass.

Fidatelo · 01-23-2014, 10:34 AM

Another KeePass + DropBox user here. I like that it's open source, as I worry about commercial products being:
a) Easier to compromise (less eyes on the code usually means more potential for holes); and
b) Likelier to disappear (if the user base dwindles or the company falters or the enumerable other reasons that commercial products falter).

Logan · 01-23-2014, 10:36 AM

I use a Word file on my work computer.

digamma · 01-23-2014, 11:07 AM

So, for KeePass, do you use on iOS just through DropBox or through a browser?

Fidatelo · 01-23-2014, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by digamma

So, for KeePass, do you use on iOS just through DropBox or through a browser?

I forget what it's called, but I use a KeePass app on my iPad that syncs the .kdb file from DropBox. I think it's called KyPass or something like that.

Drake · 01-23-2014, 12:01 PM

Nobody is going to admit to using Post-Its stuck to the side of their monitor?

So, it's just me, then?

vex · 01-23-2014, 01:30 PM

I use LastPass.

sterlingice · 01-23-2014, 01:36 PM

I have a couple of encrypted files in code: think mob bookies where it's likely only I would understand the cipher.

There was an interesting security chat about them a couple of years ago talking about them as both a positive and negative for security. On the one hand, if someone gets ahold of the key file and can decode it or there's a hack for the particular system (say, keypass), you've suddenly lost all of your passwords. However, if someone has dropped a keylogger on your machine, it's actually more secure because nothing is being typed in.

SI

PackerFanatic · 01-23-2014, 02:29 PM

I have used LastPass a little bit as well - I really need to take the time to get everything in there and use it more. Would be much easier...

Groundhog · 01-23-2014, 04:11 PM

Another KeePass vote here. My company has just rolled it out as the global password manager solution, but we were using it ourselves for a good 6 months before that.

Glengoyne · 01-23-2014, 04:28 PM

I'm using the secret server app, iOS. The content is also available via a browser.

Grammaticus · 01-23-2014, 06:48 PM

Good thread, I may have to check some of these out.

samifan24 · 01-23-2014, 08:20 PM

I swear by 1Password for Mac and iOS. They have a Windows version now, too.

Desnudo · 01-23-2014, 08:24 PM

I use a vault for my Mac, but I've found a real easy way to not forget is to use passwords that have memorable sentences. For example "Mydogwasbornin2005"

terpkristin · 01-23-2014, 09:24 PM

I have iDevices and use 1Password. I love it. I can take them with me, use the desktop versions on my computers, and sync across all. I can launch logins directly from the app as needed.

It is pricey but has worked quite well for me, between saving, sorting, and creating random ones as needed.

/tk

01-23-2014, 09:30 AM	#3
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I use Lastpass on my pc's. I'd give it a good 3 star rating, plus it's free to use. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops.

01-23-2014, 09:54 AM	#6
Antmeister Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At the corner of Beat Street and Electric Avenue	Yep keepass user myself as well. __________________ "I'm ready to bury the hatchet, but don't fuck with me" - Schmidty "Box me once, shame on Skydog. Box me twice. Shame on me. Box me 3 times, just fucking ban my ass...." - stevew

01-23-2014, 10:34 AM	#8
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Another KeePass + DropBox user here. I like that it's open source, as I worry about commercial products being: a) Easier to compromise (less eyes on the code usually means more potential for holes); and b) Likelier to disappear (if the user base dwindles or the company falters or the enumerable other reasons that commercial products falter). __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

01-23-2014, 01:36 PM	#14
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I have a couple of encrypted files in code: think mob bookies where it's likely only I would understand the cipher. There was an interesting security chat about them a couple of years ago talking about them as both a positive and negative for security. On the one hand, if someone gets ahold of the key file and can decode it or there's a hack for the particular system (say, keypass), you've suddenly lost all of your passwords. However, if someone has dropped a keylogger on your machine, it's actually more secure because nothing is being typed in. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

01-23-2014, 02:29 PM	#15
PackerFanatic Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I have used LastPass a little bit as well - I really need to take the time to get everything in there and use it more. Would be much easier... __________________ Commissioner of the RNFL

01-23-2014, 08:59 AM	#2
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Keeper for both PC and mobile devices - can sync between the two. I use the PC version to enter in the records since it's easier.

01-23-2014, 09:50 AM	#4
mckerney Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I use KeePass and sync with Google drive to use on both my computers and phone.

01-23-2014, 09:51 AM	#5
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	I use keepass. It autosyncs to dropbox, works on android/PC/iOS, and is open source. Also helpful to generate passwords. Plus its completely free, with Lastpass you have to pay to use it on mobile. KeePass Password Safe

01-23-2014, 09:55 AM	#7
Castlerock High School Varsity Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, Ma	I use KeePass (synced via dropbox across multiple PCs and a Mac). For me, it came down to KeePass and LastPass and I chose KeePass.

01-23-2014, 10:36 AM	#9
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	I use a Word file on my work computer.

01-23-2014, 11:07 AM	#10
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	So, for KeePass, do you use on iOS just through DropBox or through a browser?

01-23-2014, 12:01 PM	#12
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	Nobody is going to admit to using Post-Its stuck to the side of their monitor? So, it's just me, then?

01-23-2014, 01:30 PM	#13
vex Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tulsa	I use LastPass.

01-23-2014, 04:11 PM	#16
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Another KeePass vote here. My company has just rolled it out as the global password manager solution, but we were using it ourselves for a good 6 months before that. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-23-2014, 04:28 PM	#17
Glengoyne Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, CA	I'm using the secret server app, iOS. The content is also available via a browser.

01-23-2014, 06:48 PM	#18
Grammaticus Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tennessee	Good thread, I may have to check some of these out.

01-23-2014, 08:20 PM	#19
samifan24 Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NC	I swear by 1Password for Mac and iOS. They have a Windows version now, too. __________________ "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball...and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." -Jim Bouton

01-23-2014, 08:24 PM	#20
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	I use a vault for my Mac, but I've found a real easy way to not forget is to use passwords that have memorable sentences. For example "Mydogwasbornin2005"

01-23-2014, 09:24 PM	#21
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	I have iDevices and use 1Password. I love it. I can take them with me, use the desktop versions on my computers, and sync across all. I can launch logins directly from the app as needed. It is pricey but has worked quite well for me, between saving, sorting, and creating random ones as needed. /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

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