LastPass: Nothing Says "Private Equity" Like Terrible Service and Price Increases
Lastpass just announced a price increase from $24/year to $36/year.
"Upgrade" pricing doesn't apply to existing users?!?
I made the switch yesterday after years of threatening to do so.
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The Google password manager is encrypted, but it's closed source and I don't think it's zero-knowledge. It might be safe enough for some people, but you never know if Google could be hacked, or the government requested all your passwords. The Google password manager, while it may seem more convenient at first, can actually be less convenient if you use a phone or a different browser. The Google password manager only works with chrome.
LastPass is probably more secure because it does advertise to be zero-knowledge. It also works on multiple browsers and multiple devices. However, it is closed source so you have to just trust a lot of the things they say.
The Password manager I use is Bitwarden. The free version includes everything you need, the premium subscription is only $10 a year, it is open-source, and it has a nicer interface compared to LastPass (in my opinion).
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Got an email from Pax8 today about a 16.75% price increase on LastPass Business users. I briefly purchased LastPass through Pax8 before the breach, but have since moved anyone and everyone away from LastPass. When I started with them, they were $3/user. Then it was $4.5/user. Now they're increasing the price way above the current CPI, all while providing a stagnate product that receives no improvement, after had a major breach. The details of that breach were harrowing too. Senior engineer logs into his LastPass account, with access to all of LastPass's user data, on a personal, unpatched, and vulnerable Plex server that has an open port to the internet? Like what the f*** kind of OpSec is that.
My friend put it best: "I guess they figure anyone still using their service must be a fool."
This is the perfect opportunity for some Bitwarden evangelization.