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tools of its kind, this combination vault, form-filler,
and password generator ticks off all the boxes in our
password manager checklist.
After you sign up and install the LastPass browser
plugin, it captures your login credentials when you visit
a website for the first time. When you return to a site, a
small icon appears in its login fields showing how many
accounts you have stored. Clicking it opens a drop-
down menu revealing each account so you can select
the appropriate one. You can also select an auto-login
option for each account to have LastPass sign you in
automatically whenever you visit that site.
All the website accounts are managed from your
‘vault’. Websites associated with your passwords are
displayed as tiles, or if you choose, in a list. On each
tile are buttons for accessing your login details, securely
sharing them with someone else, or deleting them.
And to be honest, those are the only reasons to visit
your vault; you can access individual accounts as well as
LastPass’ main features right from the plugin.LastPass displays all your login
accounts as tiles in its virtual vault