Very pretty interface increases usability.Nice to have all three ways of accessing and organizing the content 1Password comes as a standalone application, a menubar app, and as browser extensions.iOS and Android mobile apps but no Windows Phone app.For $10 for the premium option you also get access to your software license keys, wireless routers, you can organize with folders and tags, access multiple vaults, view attachments and create custom fields.iOS app is free to get logins, credit cards, identities and Secure Notes.Upgrades are affordable – mine was only $20 to go from a single user to family pack with an upgrade.You might like a one time purchase better than a monthly fee, but 1Password has traditionally charged upgrade fees for major point releases, so it’s definitely going to be more expensive than the $12/year for LastPass.Family pack is a good deal, 5 family members for $70.Single user, single platform license is $50 (cross platform Windows/Mac single user is $70).Can’t open the mobile app with TouchID ( ) LastPass works with TouchID ONLY in Safari.More steps to enter a password via the web than with 1Password.Interface is acceptable but not super pretty.Had trouble where it won’t log me out when I’m idle – a deal breaker for me.Passwords are stored encrypted locally and on the LastPass servers (good or bad, you decide).Very helpful during Heartbleed, told you which sites to update and which ones to wait because they hadn’t been patched yet.Audit your passwords (don’t be surprised if you do badly).On the computer, only Website and browser extensions, no menubar app, no standalone application.Browser Extensions for all the major browsers.New Family Share folder within everyone’s vault.Can share passwords with a trusted person (and they get updates when you change them).Vetted by Steve Gibson – he got to look at the source code and confirmed they can’t possibly unlock your vault.Mobile Apps are Cross platform for Premium subscribers ($12/year) – iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and even BlackBerry. Let’s dig into each of them, pros and cons: She ended up choosing 1Password and so did Bart, which might be all you need to help you decide.ġPassword is available from, while LastPass is available from. I remember when Dorothy was trying to decide and she made a big pro/cons chart for herself, and in the end flipped a coin. Remember, they’re both GREAT services, and you will not go wrong either way. Now that I’ve used both for a while I’d like to walk through each one and give you some pros and cons so you can make your own decision. You may recall that I have been a LastPass user for a few years, but I’ve been frustrated because they were never able to fix the problem I had that it would stop logging me out when I was idle, which was enough to push me to 1Password. Now there’s really no excuse not to use LastPass or 1Password. I’m betting that many of you are in the camp of “yeah, I know I should use a password manager, and I’m really really going to get around to that soon.” Sort of like the old days when we all knew we should be doing backups but it was just too darn hard, so we didn’t start doing them until it got as easy as plugging in a backup drive. We’ve also talked about using Bart’s awesome xkpasswd tool to generate random and yet typable passwords. If you use a password manager, can choose to have it create random passwords your brain would never think of, and which you can never type. We can’t remember passwords, and we can’t even invent random ones, so we fail from both sides. There’s no perfect solution yet, but we’ve been able to prove time and time again that letting a human pick passwords is pretty much the most flawed approach you can take. We’ve talked before about the importance of using a password manager in this age of constantly hacked services.
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