But for others in the same boat as ourselves, at some point the question of importing 10 years of accumulated (sensitive!) data from LastPass to 1Password may come up, and speaking only for ourselves, we were surprised at how lacking AgileBits’ offering in this regard was. For all we know, it could truly wind up being the more secure product – there’s just no way to tell how these things play out.

The idea here is not to bash on LastPass in any way, the team behind LP has certainly done more in the name of computer security and making the web a more secure place than most other entities save a select few. That said, and while we’re hardly security researchers of the likes of Tavis Ormundy and others, recent issues with LastPass’ approach to security have left us seriously questioning the value the LastPass team places on the security of the user data when compared to some of the other offerings currently available and we’ve decided to make the switch to 1Password, which has a slightly better reputation among security experts due to its more thoughtfully designed security model and its approach to handling sensitive data (in both offline and cloud modes). We’ve been using LastPass to manage our credentials since it first came out in 2008, and have been paying customers from just about when that option was first made available. Since then, a lot has changed and the world has (hopefully) become a more security-conscious place – and security experts have come to a consensus on a lot of practices and approaches when it comes to encryption and the proper handling of sensitive data.īoth of these password managers are heavily vetted and constantly under scrutiny from security researchers, crackers, state security agencies, white hat hackers, and more with open bug bounty programs (though some considerably more generous than others), and are probably “safe” choices for the average computer user.

Back in 2008, the internet was a very different place than it is today, especially when it comes to security. 1Password and LastPass are probably the two best known names in the password storage business, both having been around from 20, respectively.

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