LastPass Friday rescinded its day-old order that all users of its online password management system reset their master passwords due toa database breach.
In fact, ina LastPass blog post this morning, that company said it won't allow users to change master passwords "until our databases are completely caught up and we have resolved outstanding issues."
In an e-mail to Computerworld, LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist said the company changed its plan in response to demands from users asking they not be required to reset their passwords. "They're asking because they know how strong their master password is- that it's not vulnerable and therefore they know they're safe even if it was exposed," Siegrist said.
However, comments posted ona LastPass blog suggest that the company's decision may also be related to trouble some users appear to be having with the password reset process.
Several of those commenting on the LastPass blog page expressed frustration over their attempts to change the master passwords. Many said that changing the LastPass master password negated all their stored passwords, and thus they were locked out of accounts.
One poster said that after changing the master password, all other passwords in the vault ...
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In fact, ina LastPass blog post this morning, that company said it won't allow users to change master passwords "until our databases are completely caught up and we have resolved outstanding issues."
In an e-mail to Computerworld, LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist said the company changed its plan in response to demands from users asking they not be required to reset their passwords. "They're asking because they know how strong their master password is- that it's not vulnerable and therefore they know they're safe even if it was exposed," Siegrist said.
However, comments posted ona LastPass blog suggest that the company's decision may also be related to trouble some users appear to be having with the password reset process.
Several of those commenting on the LastPass blog page expressed frustration over their attempts to change the master passwords. Many said that changing the LastPass master password negated all their stored passwords, and thus they were locked out of accounts.
One poster said that after changing the master password, all other passwords in the vault ...
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Shared via News360 for Windows Phone 7. Learn more at http://news360app.com.
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