You probably know that you should have a unique, secure password for every site you visit (unless you’re already living in the post-password world of passkeys). You also probably know that there’s no way you’re going to remember all of those unique passwords, which is why we have password managers like 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane, Bitwarden, […]
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LogMeIn is spinning off LastPass, making the password manager a standalone company (again)
Popular password manager LastPass was acquired by LogMeIn in 2015, but now the company has announced plans to spin off LastPass as a standalone business again. According to a post on the LastPass Blog, the move will allow allow the team to roll out improvements and new features more quickly moving forward. But there’s no […]
Lilbits: IFA trade show is cancelled, Internet Explorer is discontinued, and 1Password comes to Linux
The IFA trade show is the latest international conference to be scrapped in the wake of the global COVID-10 pandemic. Organizers of the annual event which usually takes place in Berlin in the fall have announced they’re skipping 2021 and hope to be back with their next event in September, 2022. But IFA isn’t the […]
Firefox Lockbox lets you login to mobile apps using your Firefox Account
Most modern web browsers let you save usernames and passwords for the websites you visit. And most cross-platform browsers offer a way to sync your data so you can login to the same sites whether you’re using a desktop computer or a mobile device. But what if you want to login to a mobile app rather […]
Time to change your passwords: Data breach exposes 773 million email address, 21 million passwords
Troy Hunt, the security researcher behind the HaveIBeenPwned website has added a massive list of compromised email addresses and passwords to his database. The data set, called “Collection #1” has been circulating in some shady parts of the internet and includes 772.9 million email addresses and 21.2 million passwords — which have been dehashed (meaning […]
Google Chrome updates: new design, smarter omnibox and password manager
It’s been 10 years since Google introduced the first version of its Chrome web browser. Since then it’s become the world’s most popular desktop browser, and it ships on millions of Android smartphones. New versions of Chrome are released every six weeks, but some updates are bigger than others. Google timed some pretty big changes […]
Dashlane plans to “kill the password” with… a more advanced password manager
You probably know that you should have a unique, strong password for every app or service you use. But keeping track of dozens or hundreds of complex passwords is a pain, which is where password managers like LastPass, Dashlane, and KeePass come in. All you need to remember is the password for your password manager, […]
Today’s a good day to change your passwords (Yahoo hack)
For the second time this year, Yahoo has revealed that hackers have obtained data about a huge number of its users’ accounts. In September the company said that account information for more than 500 million users was stolen in 2014. Now the company says it was hit by an even larger hack a year earlier. […]
Password manager LastPass is now free to use on multiple devices
You know you should use a different, complex password for every website, app, and service you use… but remembering hundreds of passwords is a pain in the behind. And that’s where password manager tools like 1Password, Keepass, Dashlane, and Lastpass come in. They help you save hundreds of distinct passwords while only requiring you to […]
Google and Dashlane unveil Open YOLO: Android API for password managers
You know you should use complex, hard-to-guess passwords for apps and websites that require a login. And you know you should use different passwords for each service. But typing tH!sLIttl3p!ggyW3nt0M@rk3t on your smartphone keyboard is a pain in the behind… not to mention remembering dozens of equally complicated passwords. Password managers like 1Pass, Dashlane, and LastPass […]