Comments on: Get Secure: 5 Firefox Addons For Serious Password Management

By: John

John — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:52:31 +0000

So you think its ok to store passwords on Lastpass because it and other services can be hacked. Well i prefer to be secure so Lastpass should not be promoted for password storage as its clearly not secure. Lastpass is a prime target for hackers so is not secure.

By: Tina Sieber

Tina Sieber — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:41:05 +0000

John,

Show me one service that has not been hacked or is unhackable. I’ll call it Titanic. :)

By: John

John — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:04:43 +0000

Ok i just did a search for “lastpass hacked” and there are plenty of results that scare me off from using Lastpass. Its only a matter of time before Lastpass is hacked again so its not a service for me.

By: John

John — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:29:48 +0000

Just how secure is LastPass i just dont trust storing my password online its only a matter of time before the LastPass site is hacked and that is a big worry.

By: John

John — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 13:24:36 +0000

I use KeepassX on my linux computer you dont need mono for that. give KeepassX a try ;-)

By: Dan Nowak

Dan Nowak — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:31:42 +0000

This was a good article on storing secure passwords on your Linux computer.

By: Harron Subhani

Harron Subhani — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:52:07 +0000

useful and informative.

By: Igor Rizvi?

Igor Rizvi? — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:09:36 +0000

i recommend using last pass :)

By: Marti Hunter

Marti Hunter — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:20:00 +0000

I have the WOT Add-on. I was going to install Puzzle 0.5.3. I clicked on “More” and on that page I clicked on the Homepage link: http://canvas.freehost.pl/ and WOT shows it to be a very low rated site! So, I didn’t bother installing it. From now on I will ALWAYS click “More” and go to the developer’s site before installing any Add-on.

By: Muhammad Ahmad

Muhammad Ahmad — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:02:09 +0000

Norton Identity safe is the best choice for password management.

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:26:18 +0000

Thank you for sharing, Charles!

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:03:37 +0000

I’m a Firefox user and have been using (and become totally dependent on) the PasswordMaker (www.passwordmaker.org) extension for many years. There are different versions, but the firefox extension is the most full featured.

The thing I like best about it is it doesn’t store passwords *anywhere* – it generates them on the fly every time using the selected algorithm (choice of many), and basing the password on different factors that results in a unique, strong (as strong as you want it to be) password for each site.

You can create custom accounts for different sites with different settings for each, and it can auto-populate the username and password on most web forms – but you can also use a custom account to create/generate a password for anything (doesn’t have to be a web form).

It isn’t perfect, and there are missing features (the ability to sort/filter/search accounts, use multiple settings files, sync settings, etc), but its benefits outweigh its drawbacks. I have considered switching to something like KeePass or LastPass in the past, and still may some day, but for now, PasswordMaker does everything I need.

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:54:20 +0000

David,

I agree, social logins are awesome because it means you don’t have to create yet another account. On the other hand, if one of them gets hacked, you potentially lose access to a whole range of other sites.

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:53:33 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up, Richard!

By: Richard Steven Hack

Richard Steven Hack — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:57:06 +0000

And re my post on not using browser’s default password managers, coincidentally I just run across an article reporting how the password cracking utility John The Ripper has just been updated with the ability to crack password-protected office documents (Office 2007/2010 and OpenDocument) and Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey master passwords, as well as WPA-PSK keys and Mac OS X keychains.

Word to the wise.