LastPass is a Free Alternative To RoboForm
If you find yourself constantly re-entering usernames, passwords and even your address then give LastPass a try! It’s worth noting that you can also store your credit card details in LastPass but I would never advise this, for obvious reasons.
LastPass runs as an add-on/extension in your browser. I’m currently testing it out in Firefox and I really like it.
How it works in brief:
A more descriptive explanation:
Why I Love LastPass:
- #1 – It’s totally free and it works well
- A click of a button fills in online forms for you – great time saver
- It’s pretty secure (but I still don’t like to use it for credit card info)
- You can use it to generate and remember random (more secure) passwords
- It’s available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions for all most browsers on Mac, Linux and Windows. For the mobile version you will need to purchase the LastPass Premium version ($12/year) which is your choice. The free version is comprehensive enough for most people.
- It’s a free alternative to RoboForm.
- It has tons of options and features
Anyway, I don’t want to list every feature and benefit to using LastPass. It’s sufficient to say that it costs nothing, and it gets great reviews all over the net (click here to read).
Get LastPass by clicking here.
Nicola, it’s much more intuitive than KeePass which is simply a username and password storage program. This does most of what RoboForm does..but for free
Donal, if you go to the LastPass website you can read about their security. Features such as local encryption, which means only YOU can open your data. Other features such as unique (difficult) password generation and it also remembers them for you. Etc. You just need to be sure you set your master password for LastPass as something very secure (random mixture of characters). It also has a Security Challenge you can take, which will identify security issues for you. Protects against key-logging and phishing (not fishing) websites too
Of course I’m sure that nothing is completely safe, but it seems it’s as safe as it gets.
what are the chances of this being hacked?
thanks for this..I was just about to start using keepass! I will give lastpass a try too
Sounds interesting – I tried KeePass but I am not mad on it. It feels safe, but you have to open it up and copy & paste whenever you want to use it. I will give LastPass a try!