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1Password Introduces New 'Virtual Cards' for Safer Online Payments, Coming Soon as Safari Extension
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In my experience, they each have areas where one is stronger. Just to give you perspective, I started out with LastPass 4 or 5 years ago, and moved to 1Password last year.
They both do the basics well. LastPass' Windows/Mac app leaves a lot to be desired. It feels like a website inside of an app. 1Password's Mac app is natively built for macOS.
There are a couple small things that 1Password can't do. For one, it doesn't seem to have a way to do automated password changes. LastPass has some limited support for this, where you can manually initiate what looks like a scripted click-through where LastPass will log itself into a few popular accounts like Facebook and Google, navigate to the change password page, generate a new password for you, then submit it and save it to the vault -- all with one click. It's convenient, but in my experience it didn't work 100% of the time.
LastPass' Apple Watch app is superior IMO. They load your entire vault into the Watch and fully support searching it with scribble and voice. 1Password requires that you select which credentials you want to be available from the Watch app, and only those will be synced. I filed a feature request with them regarding that, but they didn't seem to understand why the LastPass approach was more desirable. They did say that they use iCloud Keychain to sync credentials between your iPhone and Watch, so it may be partially due to size or quantity limitations there (I'm speculating). I don't know how LastPass syncs its vault to the Watch.
The main gripe I have with LastPass is really just performance/experience related. When I last had LastPass, triggering the automatic password fill-in from the iOS keyboard launched the app every time to authenticate, which was slow. 1Password seems to be able to handle this much faster, without launching the entire app unless it needs to have you re-enter your master password (versus Touch/Face ID auth it can do almost instantly) or if it needs to populate 2FA, it'll automatically copy the 2FA code to the clipboard in anticipation of you needing to paste it. LastPass couldn't do that.
Honestly, LastPass' 2FA support overall feels like an afterthought. It is in a separate app, and the way it backs up doesn't allow it to sync with any other devices. So if you reset your phone, you have to manually restore your LastPass Authenticator to another device and keep it there, or restore it back to the phone after reset and only have it on the phone. If you have the 2FA app on multiple devices and add accounts to it, the backups from one device can overwrite the codes on another device if the backup gets restored later on, and become irrecoverable. I lost a good portion of my 2FA codes several times because of the way their 2FA app and its backup works.
1Password syncs 2FA codes like a "sub-object" of each credential. You can even use this little viewfinder in the Mac app to input the QR code for TOTP right on screen. It's pretty clever. And most importantly, it works on all your devices. So even if you leave your phone behind, you can get your 2FA codes from your watch, iPad, Mac, Windows PC, etc. "It just works."
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Yes, I feel it is insecure to have the card number printet on the card and only changed every time the card expire, less secure than the magnetic stripe.
Banks should force all websites to use Verified by Visa or MasterCard Secure Code in addition to the card number. And an option for the bank to decline all payments where this is not supported.
Banks should force all websites to use Verified by Visa or MasterCard Secure Code in addition to the card number. And an option for the bank to decline all payments where this is not supported.
No thanks, don't want more companies knowing my real cc #. Citi card offers virtual numbers.
I can't remember a card number ever changing at expiration -- only changed when I've reported lost or when there's been fraud on the account.
PayPal used to have something like this. I can't remember whether it was tied to their branded MasterCard or the regular PayPal account, but it was pretty useful.
I used LastPass for a few years. I liked it OK but it always felt pretty bare bones and the interface was kind of kludgy. Maybe it's gotten better since then, not sure. But 1Password has a great UI and app on both Mac and iOS. I'm also quite big on the Family setup 1Password has that lets you add family members who each get their own private vault in addition to a shared one for stuff like Netflix, household accounts, etc.
I switched from LastPass around five years ago to 1Password. At the time I switched I found 1Password to be leagues ahead of LastPass. 1Password was just far more integrated and seamless, whereas LastPass felt clunky in comparison.
Like I mentioned above, that was my thoughts five years ago, and perhaps LastPass has improved a lot in that time.
1Password does not mention credit card anywhere. The video includes screenshots from Netflix, which can accept Privacy.com (debit or bank) OR credit card.
MacRumors should confirm and clarify the article.
It's also worth noting that the feature does not appear to be exclusive to 1Password.com subscription. So those with perpetual license should also get access.
Privacy.com's free tier is limited to 12 cards per month, all sourced from debit or bank. You need to pay $10-20/month for more cards, which also includes 1% cashback and additional privacy feature.
I was a 1Password user from early days, when the founder Dave T was the only developer etc. As the company grew, things changed, and a couple years ago they shafted a lot of people with their move to a subscription model. I dropped them, and have gone to use BitWarden. Its very similar to 1Password, cross-platform etc. I did look at LastPass as well, but it did not suit my requirements
I use 1P currently and used to boost it over LastPass because it was local + Dropbox sync which adds some obscurity in that two breaches would have to occur (Dropbox + 1Password encryption) instead of one. 1P has gone all in on their own SaaS cloud now, although you can still purchase standalone licenses (like I did) and sync locally and/or via Dropbox.
Personally I wish 1P offered a local or network sync (self hosted) option like Bitwarden does... for those super privacy conscious among us (then again I self host my own cloud on an old Mac mini server using Nextcloud). I'd say if you aren't overly concerned about cloud passwords, 1P has "better" Mac apps but it is honestly a toss up now.
Personally I wish 1P offered a local or network sync (self hosted) option like Bitwarden does... for those super privacy conscious among us (then again I self host my own cloud on an old Mac mini server using Nextcloud). I'd say if you aren't overly concerned about cloud passwords, 1P has "better" Mac apps but it is honestly a toss up now.
Some still do. I use mine all the time. My phone app generates a new single use disposal virtual card for each payment. I like it a lot.
Not really if you live somewhere with good consumer protection laws. If this isn’t provided by your card issuer then you get another party involved in the transaction which can cause a lot of issues. Much better to not use a “middleman”.
They still do. Used it three times today, each time a new card. Perfect for online payments where I don’t want a vendor to keep hold of my details. And they are single use as well.
If you click on the link in the article, it takes you to a blog post from the company.
I just triple-checked to confirm that you CANNOT use a credit card as your funding source. This article needs to be updated because it's providing false information, and in my opinion, the false credit card information was the only potentially interesting information because there's not much point to combining Privacy.com's extension with 1Password's extension since they both automatically detect the URL and automatically popup on webpages anyways.
It also concerns me because it appears a lot of you here somehow don't understand the difference between a credit card and a debit card lol
It also concerns me because it appears a lot of you here somehow don't understand the difference between a credit card and a debit card lol
Ya i dont see the need to pay for a password manager. Lastpass is pretty good so far.
