LastPass updates with form filler, releases pocket version

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LastPass updates with form filler, releases pocket version

by Lee Mathews Oct 16th 2008

When I first wrote up LastPass, two of the big features it lacked that a lot of people were looking for were portability and the ability to remember form data. Their development crew has been hard at work ever since and have just released a new version of the add-on as well as LastPass Pocket.

If you're not familiar with it, it's a plugin for both IE and Firefox designed to securely keep your web logins securely synchronized across multiple computers. It's got a ton of great features like a secure password generator, single click login, onscreen keyboard (to thwart keyloggers), and secure password sharing (in case you need to give a friend access to an account).

I was happy enough being able to keep all my logins in sync on all my machines, but the form filler is definitely going to save me some headaches. To see it in action, check out the LastPass screencast.

Using the LastPass web interface, look under the actions column for the new "edit form fill profiles" option. The updated toolbar includes a menu item that will send you directly to the editor. Fill in the form, click add, and watch as LastPass encrypts your data before saving. If you're a Roboform or Sxipper user, it'll even import your data from those apps.

Pocket is designed to provide you with access to your passwords on any computer. It's a handy way to access your passwords securely on a public computer without having access to the LastPass toolbar.

Two more great features make an already great application even better. I strongly recommend giving LastPass a shot if you haven't already. If you've got questions about it, check out the FAQ, or post them here in our comments.

Tags: firefox, formfiller, ie, internet explorer, InternetExplorer, lastpass, password, password manager, PasswordManager, roboform

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

HuBu said 10:14AM on 10-16-2008

Foxmarks just added password sync with their bookmark software for firefox.

Lee Mathews said 10:15AM on 10-16-2008

With Firefox's built in password manager? No thanks, I'd like something a little bit more secure than that..

Joe Siegrist said 1:31PM on 10-16-2008

There's a lot of reasons to prefer LastPass to Foxmarks when it comes to your passwords. LastPass includes both IE and Firefox support, and has much better security (than storing your data unencrypted in Firefox). LastPass also has secure website access (Javascript to decrypt your data), Form Fill, secure note storage, and more.

sybgtwy said 11:08AM on 10-16-2008

More secure than FIPS-140... for what, your login to the NSA data center? Who are you kidding?

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Lee Mathews said 11:16AM on 10-16-2008

I just like knowing Nirsoft (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/passwordfox.html) doesn't have an app that can extract my passwords from LastPass in about 3 seconds.

xdreamwalker said 11:16AM on 10-16-2008

I have been using LastPass since it was first talked about on Download Squad. I really do enjoy it, the pocket will be a nice addition.

andy zitnay said 9:17AM on 12-11-2008

Tell Drew I tried the site and it seems really effective. My only question is how do I move your icon on my web page, it has added a second line to the google task bar and caused a loss of space on my screen. Can i replace another feature like google bookmarks? How do I do that?
Thanks and nice bios, good luck, andy zitnay

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