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comment by kleinbl00

The part where it's encrypted to shit and every password problem that has hit in the past ten years has been external to 1password.

The part where when Heartbleed hit they highlighted every website you visited that was vulnerable to heartbleed so you knew if you needed to change 1, 10 or, in my case, 257 passwords.

The fact that I don't have to remember 257 passwords.

The fact that the encryption allows me to sync my passwords across four computers and a phone.

It has been proven time and again that if you want credit card or social security numbers, the way to get them is to hack a corporation's database. Get in, get thousands. Why bother with the effort of attempting to crack an individual user's encrypted password file, particularly if that individual isn't noteworthy?

I've been using 1password for nearly ten years now - Mac, Windows, Android, iOS. It is the purchase I recommend the most. Back when Lastpass got blown up, 1Password didn't. And every time I ask them a question, I get an answer within an hour. Never once have I felt that they haven't fully disclosed their position or that they aren't brutally frank about what's a security risk and what isn't.

If that makes me a crack smoker, pass the pipe.





goobster  ·  2847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ok. I put on my big boy pants and bought it. Thanks for continuing to champion this tool.

Cedar  ·  2847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry KB, I was confusing Lastpass for 1Pass. Actually sounds like a decent service you get, especially with the Heartbleed warnings. Cheers for the input!

kleinbl00  ·  2847 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Copy that. I've been using 1Password since before Lastpass existed. It's a big bite out of your ass - and I say that having just discovered that they switched from hitting you for $80 initially and $50 every major rev to $3 a month - but it's one of those things where you go "I should have bought this years ago."