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by hedora 3096 days ago
I think it is mostly inertia and cross-platform support. Before they were acquired, they seemed to care a lot more about security, instead of just security theater.

They also have some nice crypto features: For instance, I forgot my master password, and they have a one time password reset protocol that lets them send you an unlock code that only works on previously logged in devices.

Also, it has rock-solid offsite backup built in.

Moving away has been on my TODO list for a long time.
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SubiculumCode 3096 days ago
I certainly have worried about LastPass after their aquisitions, but have no concrete grievances, save the extension seems slower than it was previously.

I like a number of features in LastPass. The auto fill, the auto password change feature, password sharing, etc.

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Someone1234 3096 days ago
I have a concrete grievance since acquisition...

They've started to dump crap into the Lastpass Vault. First it was adverts and then they modified the search bar to search the web rather than only your saved passwords/notes. Both attempts at gaining advertising/referral revenue and in my opinion at the cost of security.

I've disabled the idiotic search and was paying for Lastpass Premium before so don't see the ads but it is the principle that the company now places minor revenue over what I consider security which I cannot stand.

Plus I had issues with LogMeIn's business practices previously and moved to a competitor. Only to now have them follow me by buying Lastpass. I am in the early stages of looking at moving away from Lastpass (after four years).

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mbesto 3096 days ago
I just moved away from LastPass due to the acquisition and migrated to 1P. I had two issues with the migration that were easily solvable by someone technically inclined.

1) Folders don't get migrated over to tags into 1P. You need to use this pearl script to do so. (google it)

2) Autofill is well umm different. It took some getting used to, but you now have to hit Cmd+\ to autofill intsead of using the mouse. It's more secure and it ends up being more "clean" I've noticed.

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