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SET UP LASTPASS
On Windows, LastPass works as a web browser extension.
Head to http://lastpass.com, click “Get LastPass Free,” and
create an account, then click “Install LastPass” to add it to your
browser of choice. Once it’s set up, click the LastPass icon, then
log in to access your Vault.
>> Now that LastPass is set up, every time you log in to a
website, LastPass offers to remember the password for you.
When the “Add to LastPass?” box appears, just click “Add,” and
the password is stored in your Vault.
>> When you visit a website that has a stored password, you’ll
see a small LastPass icon in the username and password entry
fields. Click this and a small box appears, showing the accounts
that LastPass has stored for this website [Image A]. Simply hover
over the account you want to use, click “Fill,” and LastPass then
enters the username and password for you.
>> That makes logging in a real cinch. Instead of having to
remember all your passwords, and which one is for which
website, LastPass does it for you. The only thing you need to
remember is your master password.2
MANAGE SAVED PASSWORDS
You can quickly view all of your saved accounts and
passwords by clicking the LastPass icon in your browser,
then clicking “Open My Vault.” This takes you to your LastPassWE ALL KNOW WE NEED to use stronger passwords—“password123” is not a good choice and
never has been—but doing so can seem like a daunting task. How do you know what constitutes
strong passwords? Where should you store them all? And won’t it be a hassle to go through all
your accounts and give them strong security?
Fear not, because you can take the pain out of the situation by using LastPass. It’s a password
manager that handles ever y thing for you, from suggesting strong passwords to filling them out
for you and storing your other important info, including addresses and credit card details. It
can even automatically scan your accounts, find weak passwords, and, where possible, change
them for you. Best of all, it’s 100 percent free to use for individual users.
All you need to remember is your master password, which grants access to your LastPass
Vault. Make this strong—it needs to be at least 12 characters long, including at least one
number, one uppercase letter, and one lowercase letter. Once done, you’ll never have to
remember another password again. –ALEX BLAKEYOU’LL NEED THIS
LASTPASS ACCOUNT
Sign up for free at
http://lastpass.com.Vault homepage. The first thing you’ll notice here is a list
of all your saved accounts, grouped into folders by type.
Hover over a saved account and a few options appear:
“Launch,” “Edit,” “Share,” and “Delete.”
>> Click “Launch” to be taken to the login page for that
particular website. If you want to send the login details
to someone else, simply click the “Share” button; you
can choose whether to allow the recipient to view the
password as well.
>> Click the “Edit” button to view all the stored details
for each account [Image B]. Here, you can amend
the account name, change your login username and
password, and add any notes you want to. You can also
change the website address for the account, as well
as the folder it’s stored in. Under “Advanced Settings,”
there are options to require you to enter your master
password before LastPass autofills the password for
this account, to allow you to automatically log in, and to
disable autofill for this website.3
CHECK PASSWORDS FOR WEAKNESSES
One of the best features of LastPass is its
Security Challenge. This analyzes all your saved
passwords and indicates which ones are weak orBA©^
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