![]() ![]() The easiest way (and the way I wish I’d found first) is to use the internet as usual, and save your passwords as you log in to each site. Next, save your passwords in the LastPass vault. For Chrome, click the Customize Toolbar icon > right-click the LastPass icon > Show in toolbar or drag and drop the LastPass icon into your toolbar. If you don’t see the icon in your toolbar, you’ll need to enable the LastPass browser extension. When installation is complete, you’ll see a new icon in your toolbar. ![]() It’s available for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Explorer. LastPass gives examples: mydogfido’sbirthdayisnovember19 or Yellowcatbaseball…newyork Use a combination of words and characters that only make sense to you, so it’ll be easy to remember but hard to guess. Cybersecurity experts - and LastPass - recommend a “passphrase.” That’s a sequence of random words and characters strung together to create a password - at least 20 to 30 characters. It’s the key to your kingdom, so make it uncrackable - and unforgettable.ĭespite what you’ve heard, the best passwords aren’t a long jumble of uppercase and lowercase, numbers and symbols. This is the password you’ll always use to access LastPass. First, enter your email address - one you can easily access, because that’s where LastPass will send your verification email. Go to the LastPass downloads page (/create-account) and sign up. I signed up for the free version of LastPass, but you can also choose from Personal (Premium or Families) and Business Teams (for simple team sharing) or Business Enterprise (for IT level control). Syncing between devices is included with the free version - save a password once and it’s instantly ready on all your devices. LastPass works on all major platforms so you can switch between computer, laptop and smartphone. The basics: With LastPass - and similar password managers - all you have to remember is your master password. So here’s a step by step through the process with LastPass, rated one of 2019’s top password managers by CNet, Digital Trends, PCMag and Tom’s Guide. That’s expected to double within five years.įour hundred passwords sounds daunting - but setting up a password manager does too. In 2017, password security company Dashlane reported the average American has 200 accounts requiring a password, while LastPass put the number at 191. The Pew Research Center found just 12 percent of Americans have ever used password management software, and only 3 percent rely primarily on password managers to store their passwords. “I don’t think anyone’s perfect with passwords unless they have every single password in a password manager and they’re updating that on a quarterly basis.” “Passwords is one of the things that we all can do better,” said Rodney Gullatte Jr., certified ethical hacker and founder of Firma IT Solutions. No matter who you are, experts say it’s past time to start using a password manager, and close cybercriminals’ favorite security gap. (Coloradans: Hackers also know “gobroncos” is a favorite in the Centennial State.) If you’re leaning on “sunshine,” that’s also in 2018’s Top 10 Worst Passwords, and hackers probably have your number. World Password Day isn’t until May, but you can get a headstart and avoid disaster by ditching “123456,” “qwerty123” or - yes - “password” as your password. By Helen Robinson | CSMNG Contributing Writer ![]()
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