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. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

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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