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LastPass requesting password reset after facing unknown anomaly

111 pointsby sathyabhatabout 14 years ago

15 comments

twodayslateabout 14 years ago
I am perfectly fine with them being paranoid. They should be. They are being paranoid for me. They are doing a good job protecting the user.
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mbreeseabout 14 years ago
I'm curious about why they have an Asterix server on the same network as their database... is there a voice authentication feature, or are we just talking about their office phones?<p>Either way, they seem to be taking this seriously, even if they are just being overly paranoid, I find it comforting.
andrewcookeabout 14 years ago
i'm surprised by the reactions here. maybe i am misunderstanding the blog post, or maybe others are?<p>as far as i can see they are being extremely paranoid. they seem to be monitoring (and following up on!) traffic flow, which is itself pretty impressive, are flagging this even though they have no other error signs, and have done a good enough job in their implementation that can say, without any more details, that the only risk is via brute force cracking.<p>i use keepassx locally, but my take on this is that they are way better than average. this kind of report would make me use a company, not switch from them.
jonursenbachabout 14 years ago
Not happy that I'm finding this out via a blog post and not an email.
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kjetilabout 14 years ago
Nice to see a company so transparent about situations which could easily have been hushed down.
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pstackabout 14 years ago
Interesting, it isn't prompting me to do any such thing.<p>Anyway, since many are mentioning 1Password - I used that for a couple years and switched to lastpass, because I was tired of having to install plugins across all the browsers on a platform and then having to find workarounds with Dropbox for syncing on additional machines and the lack of a Windows client, when I'm stuck working on Windows.<p>Also, since I use two-factor authentication, I wonder if that's the reason they have not asked me to change my password?
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kitcarabout 14 years ago
Wow, Lastpass won't let me login to my account now, and doesn't throw any error message whatsoever. When I try to change my password it says I can't because I don't have their browser plugin. Wacky, this is quite frustrating
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alanhabout 14 years ago
Result of me trying to log in to delete my account, just in case (having switched to 1Password): <a href="http://cl.ly/3T0B2W09262N3k2j2U3k" rel="nofollow">http://cl.ly/3T0B2W09262N3k2j2U3k</a>
dfischerabout 14 years ago
So I just started using 1password and was thinking of lastpass. I'm still trying to figure out which is better. Anyone have any comments?
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tomjen3about 14 years ago
That's not very smart considering that a lot of people won't be able to lockin to their email to verify their emails because they don't have access to the login details of their email because they haven't verified it.<p>And why the hell didn't they use scrybt in the first place? For a company so paranoid, that seems to border on neglect.
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mike-cardwellabout 14 years ago
That's the final straw for me. Just exported my login details, emptied out my lastpass vault and uninstalled the addon. Will stick to storing my login details in a Dropbox distributed GnuPG protected flat file. Less convenient, but at least I'm not reliant on a third party.
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jojo1about 14 years ago
IMHO everyone who is using such a service is a moron.
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maguayabout 14 years ago
Suddenly, I'm glad I switched to 1Password.
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crocowhileabout 14 years ago
Does anyone know if there is a way to encrypt my lastpass db using both a password and an RSA private key?
kmfrkabout 14 years ago
Let this be a reminder to LastPass to include a password expiration date by default.
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