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LastPass Limiting Free Accounts to Either Computer or Phone

whsbuss said:
If you're doing iOS StrongBox does not do faceID or TouchID unlock in the free version
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True. I didn't state it did. I simply said it offers an excellent free version, which it does. I paid $24 (on sale) for the one time iOS payment. I think it is a great deal and much cheaper than yearly payments to 1password.
 
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UltimateToybox said:
LastPass was a great solution when I was using a mix of Apple and non-Apple products, but now that I'm back to all-Apple, I've been switching all my stuff to Keychain anyway. Thankfully I've been doing that the past year whenever I log into stuff, otherwise I'd have to rush for the next month!
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I'd like to do that as well in theory, except for several blockers:
  • I can't figure out how to migrate from other password managers to iCloud Keychain. I have over 500 logins and an additional 100 "secure notes" that I don't want to lose.
  • My employer blocks most iCloud functionality (including keychain) on my work Mac
  • I also have a PC and an Android secondary phone I'd still like to work.


I've used LastPass (my first password manager), BitWarden, and most recently 1Password. My 1Password subscription expires on Feb 28th and I'm seriously considering going back to Bitwarden paid tier. It is $25 cheaper and does everything I need it to more or less and has slightly more polished (IMO) browser plugins for windows/linux.

Only thing keeping me from using Bitwarden at the moment is their current lack of mobile U2F capability. You can't have your Yubikeys as your sole 2FA mechanism because they have not enabled U2F on all of their platforms, although it is allegedly in the Q1 roadmap. Also, migrating OUT of Bitwarden is a bit of a PITA as no other password managers seem to natively be able to interpret their format...meaning lots of putzing around with the CSV format if I want to migrate out.

Finally, they rely 100% on cloud for modifying your vault. If I want to make a change while offline, I can do it in 1Password, but not Bitwarden. Not a huge deal, but it is a minor annoyance if say I change my router password while the internet is down... or if I want to make a secure note while on a flight.

Update: Ultimately migrated to Bitwarden paid ($10/year) today because I'm cheap and it seems to work well for 95% of my usecase.
 
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lordhamster said:
I'd like to do that as well in theory, except for several blockers:
  • I can't figure out how to migrate from other password managers to iCloud Keychain. I have over 500 logins and an additional 100 "secure notes" that I don't want to lose.
  • My employer blocks most iCloud functionality (including keychain) on my work Mac
  • I also have a PC and an Android secondary phone I'd still like to work.


I've used LastPass (my first password manager), BitWarden, and most recently 1Password. My 1Password subscription expires on Feb 28th and I'm seriously considering going back to Bitwarden paid tier. It is $25 cheaper and does everything I need it to more or less and has slightly more polished (IMO) browser plugins for windows/linux.

Only thing keeping me from using Bitwarden at the moment is their current lack of mobile U2F capability. You can't have your Yubikeys as your sole 2FA mechanism because they have not enabled U2F on all of their platforms, although it is allegedly in the Q1 roadmap. Also, migrating OUT of Bitwarden is a bit of a PITA as no other password managers seem to natively be able to interpret their format...meaning lots of putzing around with the CSV format if I want to migrate out.

Finally, they rely 100% on cloud for modifying your vault. If I want to make a change while offline, I can do it in 1Password, but not Bitwarden. Not a huge deal, but it is a minor annoyance if say I change my router password while the internet is down... or if I want to make a secure note while on a flight.
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I recently migrated to Bitwarden from LastPass and my biggest negative it their browser extensions (all platforms) do not recognize a login to update their data. You have to use a workaround of adding the userid and password so it gets into Bitwarden. If not and you use a unique password there's no way to find it again. Very annoying and seems no one there is addressing it.
 
whsbuss said:
I recently migrated to Bitwarden from LastPass and my biggest negative it their browser extensions (all platforms) do not recognize a login to update their data. You have to use a workaround of adding the userid and password so it gets into Bitwarden. If not and you use a unique password there's no way to find it again. Very annoying and seems no one there is addressing it.
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I've noticed this at times as well. I seem to have a 50% success rate. Although I had similar failings in the past with 1password on occasion. The way I do this now, is when I want to update a password, I just "generate" a new password, then copy it into the record in Bitwarden. A tiny bit more cumbersome but it ensures 100% function.
 
Is it me, or do all companies just "test the waters"? Because that's' all we are doing... I excepted Apple to do that, I never expected Lastpass to.

LP did make it even for free users on Mobile use at some stage too... WHats the problem,, losing money?
 
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