On the whole, we found that LastPass worked well, although it had trouble with a few sites. The program also has a secure notes feature that lets you keep other sensitive information handy but safe, and a password generator that creates ironclad passwords. You can also have the program automatically fill in forms for you, and you can store as much information as you're comfortable with just enter your name and address if you want, or have LastPass store your credit card and bank account information to make online shopping easier. At first glance it may seem that LastPass doesn't do anything that you can't already do in Chrome like LastPass, Chrome will store user IDs and passwords for you. LastPass has a lot of features, and it took us a little while to get acquainted with everything, but overall it's very easy to use.
LastPass for Chrome is an easy and secure way to manage passwords, and we wish we'd had it a long time ago. With bank accounts, credit cards, insurance policies, social networking sites, student loans, pharmacies, and many other sites all demanding passwords, it's a lot to keep up with. RESOLVED: The LastPass Chrome extension has been restored: Our apologies for any inconveniences caused, and thank you for your understanding and patience.įound this article interesting? Follow Graham Cluley on Twitter or Mastodon to read more of the exclusive content we post.Passwords drive us crazy. Within a few hours LastPass was able to confirm that it had resubmitted its Chrome extension for Google to review, and it had been republished.
Nonetheless, it’s not the kind of thing any firm wants to happen.
If you had a different browser installed on your computer – such as Safari, Opera, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox – you could always install the extension for that.Īnd, of course, it’s worth underlining that no-one’s password was at any risk due to this incident. Existing users would not have been affected, as the extension had not been removed from their own computer – just the store.įurthermore, the LastPass extension dropping temporarily out of the Google Chrome web store wouldn’t have prevented users from accessing their passwords, which continued to be available as before from their password vault by signing in to the LastPass website or using the LastPass smartphone app. It’s also important to note that the removal of the extension would only have affected people who were attempting to install the extension. Although an embarrassing goof, it’s something of a storm in a teacup security-wise.
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