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Dashlane is a passwordmanagement software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other passwordmanagers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.
Dashlane is a passwordmanagement software that’s popular for business and personal uses alike. The company was founded in 2009, and the first software edition was released in 2012. Like many other passwordmanagers, Dashlane makes it easy for users to create new passwords and store existing ones in a secure vault.
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I have an embarrassing confession to make: I reuse passwords. I am not a heavy re-user, nothing crazy, I use a passwordmanager to handle most of my credentials but I still reuse the odd password from time to time. One weird trick to improve your passwords. Teaching users to be better users is a long game.
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Anyway I was testing this suite when I happened to randomly strike two keys -- I think it was control and B -- and up popped the passwordmanager, displaying all my test passwords in the clear. Thing was, the manager required its own password, which I had not entered; remember, I had hit only two keys.
I also discovered several security vulnerabilities in LastPass PasswordManager. I used to love to encrypt email messages and exchange keys with dial-up internet friends I had at the time. I was a delegate to Unitarian Universalist General Assembly, the church's international leadership body, in 2012.
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