Do you have a large number of services on the web? If you are a business person or someone who is important to your friends and family, then perhaps the immediate answer is "Yes"; Due to this reason, just like you, there are many other people who may have different email accounts, on social networks, in different online stores and a few other environments, this being the reason why we should use LastPass .
LastPass is an excellent password manager and manager, same that is now compatible with different number of computers and mobile devices.
Our first steps with LastPass
We mentioned that LastPass It is an excellent alternative to manage our passwords, a situation that is fully justified if we mention that it has 256-bit encryption, which guarantees that absolutely no one will be able to decrypt these credentials access to different websites. In addition to this, the passwords that are generated (LastPass you also have the possibility of generate new passwords) will be located locally on our computer.
LastPass It is compatible with a large number of devices, which could benefit us if we have in our hands:
- A computer with Windows, Linux or Mac.
- Android mobile devices, with iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile or webOS.
In addition to that, LastPass has the possibility of integrating plugins or extensions to our Internet browsers, being among them Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome; after you download the tool, you will only have to create a free account with it.
Once we run the installer we will find a wizard, which is very similar in all versions of the operating system as we have downloaded it.
The first thing that we will be asked is, if we have an active account or if we want to create a new one; in our case we will choose this last option.
The data that we must enter to create an account is our email, a secure password and a phrase that reminds us of it. We must also create a Master password LastPass.
Subsequently, LastPass It will ask us if we want the application to rescue all the passwords that we have used with the Internet browser (s), having to accept these suggestions.
A next screen will show us all those pages from where the respective passwords have been captured; we will have the possibility of canceling any of them if we consider that LastPass you should not administer it.
Finally, LastPass will ask us for permission to delete the credentials of our team, so that the security is perfect and no one can steal it. Since LastPass will manage our passwords from now on, it will no longer be necessary for the browser reminder to keep them in their cookies.
If the user wants to handle more specific characteristics within LastPassThen you could go to your settings and start adjusting the notifications according to your need; however, the developers' recommendation is that this area be left as it was found, that is, in its default configuration.
If we open our Internet browser and try to access a service (which may well be our Yahoo email), we will admire that a dark bar with an asterisk appears at the top; there the user can use the button that says "generate" to create a new strong password.
With this operation a new window will open, where we can choose the type of secure password to generate; for example, the use of uppercase or lowercase letters, numbers, the number of characters that will make up our password and a few other elements is what we will find in this window.
Once we finish setting up LastPass We will receive a score, which is very unlikely to be 90% according to its developers, since the profits of LastPass they go beyond managing passwords or generating a few more.
It would be good, if you are going to use LastPass do this initially with a few minor accounts, until you can master each of the functions and characteristics of the tool; It would not be recommended that from the beginning (and without having a vast knowledge about LastPass) start setting up your bank account with this application.
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