Normally I’d say that Microsoft wasn’t that bad, rather the biggest and most tempting target… but this is not a good week for defending Microsoft security. 
I didn’t mention Azure’s security I mentioned Microsoft as a whole.
and their service runs on Azure… which isn’t going to fly at all given Microsoft’s woeful security record
I mean you did seem to pinpoint Azure as a specific area of concern.
Since pretty much every major software company regularly gets hit with zero-days, I have a hard time really seeing this as a situation unique to Microsoft. The reason this one is so bad is that if affects businesses and was discovered by the bad guys first.
Chrome had an actively exploited zero day in February, Firefox had one last April, and there have been countless others in that span.
As long as humans are writing the code, exploits are going to happen. The fact that Microsoft’s own hosted services weren’t affected by this makes me think that they aren’t nearly as lax on security as you seem to believe.
BTW, I’m not trying to say that Microsoft shouldn’t continually strive to be better and catch issues like this before they happen, but I don’t believe that these types of errors require negligence to arise.
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It feels great! I’m really happy with KeepassXC on Windows/Linux and Keepassium on ios. This was the push I needed. Thanks for the good times Lastpass.
Fully agree @big_D . It was (comparitively) easy to get my wife onto Lastpass. I’m still working on how to simplify the use of Keepass to the extent that she wouldn’t divorce me. So I’m fully on Keepass/KeepassXC, but still not sure if/when I will try to convince others.
I guess I would have to make the distinction between using and setting up. Using Keepass is not too complicated, but setting up can be, especially if you’re considering sharing and syncing.
I did consider paying for Lastpass Premium, even before the bait and switch occurred. Then afterwards, I considered switching to a paid competitor, but it’s the lock-in that I’m most sensitive to. If I’m making the effort to switch to a new solution now, then I want it to be the last time. Vendors are just too big a risk of losing interest and shutting down, or deciding to unilaterally change their pricing or feature set in the future.
Your point is well taken. Most people are probably better served by a commercial password manager. I’m seeing a psychologist about my vendor/cloud paranoia.
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I use to use 1Password, but now that I’m basically mostly Apple, I just use keychain - works great
I haven’t deleted my account yet, but I have moved most of my family over to 1Password already. Once they are all over, I’ll get delete the family account.
If you only use Apple, that is great.
I use an Android phone and an iPhone (but they can’t share data, the iPhone is a company phone and I can’t install any apps on it or use it for any non-business purposes), I use Windows, Linux, UNIX and macOS on the desktop.
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I use ALMOST all Apple - iPhone, iPad Pro, Apple Watch, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc - but I’m typing this on my Lenovo ThinkPad, Linux Mint machine that I use mostly for surfing the web
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I’m a paid subscriber and noticed some wonky behavior on my android device recently, too. Hope they get it rollin’ and back to a less cumbersome experience on Android.
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((drools))
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I think it might be due to a change in how Android processes autofill requests.
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