Re: [FRIAM] compromised servers

2014-04-14 Thread Joshua Thorp
+1 for lastPass. They do an excellent job of managing passwords, including functionality for sharing passwords with others which is pretty cool. BTW: LastPass has a new hack to provide passwords to apps and browsers on Android phones via accessibility functionality, unfortunately not

Re: [FRIAM] compromised servers

2014-04-14 Thread Tom Johnson
Yup, I'm with Josh. LastPass has and is working well for me on my desktop, tablet and phone. -tj == Tom Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Twitter: jtjohnson

[FRIAM] compromised servers

2014-04-13 Thread Nick Thompson
I listen to a techguru on Saturday night when I am cooking dinner. In the light of the recent security gaff (bleeding heart? Or whatever it was.) he advised that it was now time for all of us to get LastPass? Or something like it. What do you wise people advise for us Former English Majors.

Re: [FRIAM] compromised servers

2014-04-13 Thread Gary Schiltz
There are quite a few. I did a quick survey and quite a bit of reading about six months ago, and in the end decided on LastPass. If you don’t care about mobile devices (phones, tablets), then the free version works great. I use it on all my computers, as well as a an iPhone and iPad, so I paid

Re: [FRIAM] compromised servers

2014-04-13 Thread Owen Densmore
BTW: None of the pw mgrs deal with apps, i.e. those stupid I dont wanna be a web page things that infest our phones. So if you have a login relating to an app, LastPass, 1Password etc will only be a nice cut/paste alternative for you. BTW: I'm curious how many of us use a pw mgr and their

Re: [FRIAM] compromised servers

2014-04-13 Thread Russell Standish
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 07:21:10PM -0600, Owen Densmore wrote: BTW: I'm curious how many of us use a pw mgr and their generated passwords. I always feel a bit reluctant to give up control of my passwords to an app/extension. On the other hand it sure is secure and unique per site. I've