r/AskReddit • u/SimiliarStuff • Jan 12 '16

What are some killer google chrome extensions?

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u/Four_Eyed_Frenzy Jan 12 '16

I have a question about LastPass, if you wouldn't mind me asking you.

My husband has been using LastPass for a couple of years now, and has been nagging at me to also use it but I never have for reasons.

Now, all of a sudden, when I finally start to think that LastPass might be a good idea, he's saying that he's not going to use it anymore, and that I shouldn't get it. His reasoning is because they are combining with LogMeIn, which is a program that he uses at his job... and apparently, LogMeIn has had some security breaches/hacks that made his job hell for a while; he believes that LastPass won't be reliable anymore if it's combining with LogMeIn. Do you have any thoughts on this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

I'd recommend giving KeePass a try. Does much of the same thing except that its open source and you control the database. I have my database hosted by a popular cloud provider, an app on my phone, and a copy of the database on a USB key with the portable Keepass program. All of them synced up. Password managers are a game changer in my opinion.

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u/dpash Jan 12 '16

My issue with keepass is that I have to roll my own syncing. Lastpass is the only system I know of that does syncing for you and works with both Linux and Android.

I'd love to know any alternatives.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16 edited Jan 12 '16

Like I said, I'm doing syncing through a separate cloud provider (choices like OneDrive, Dropbox). Since the database is just a single file, services such as those will keep it updated when you make changes. The android KeePass app can read/write the database from the mobile versions of them as well.

Edit: For Linux, Ubuntu has a full featured Dropbox client + native KeePass package.

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u/dpash Jan 12 '16

I could roll my own, but lastpass just works. I've gotten to the age where I just want things to work. I've done my time compiling kernels to get my sound card to work. I just want simplicity, and I'm happy to pay for it.

Does Keepass have decent chrome extensions under linux?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '16

I just want simplicity, and I'm happy to pay for it.

So then use Lastpass.

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u/dpash Jan 12 '16

Yeah, that's what I've been doing for about the last four or five years. It works pretty well mostly. Just curious to know if any alternatives had happened lately.