The encryption is done 100% locally on your machine. The folks at LastPass cannot recover it nor your data. In otherwords you lose the key and you lose the data to your LastPass database. The encryption key never leaves your computer, is never stored at LastPass. LastPass cannot even decrypt it themselves. Your passwords never leave your computer unencrypted when sent to LastPass. If LastPass is breached, the only thing the attacker will get is AES-256 encrypted blobs of data. So, if there is a way to continue using Roboform V6 (and benefit from the improvements of the latest version of Firefox) without paying this company another penny, I’m in favor of spreading the word.Īs for dumping Roboform altogether, I’ve seen reports in early May of security breaches for LastPass Password Manager, which stores the info remotely (“in the cloud”), so I prefer to keep my passwords encrypted AND stored locally, as I believe is the case for Roboform V6. They may have a point, but the way Siber Systems went about marketing the upgrade to previous license holders was deceptive at least. I have read some posts that side with Siber System’s decision to end support of Roboform V6 for Firefox V4 and later, arguing that they should not be compelled to honor “lifetime” licenses for all future releases of the browser. Like many forum members, I too was surprised and disappointed when I discovered what appeared to be a free upgrade to the latest Roboform for paid users of V6 turned out to be 30 day TRIALWARE. I’ve followed your instructions, and It works even for the newest Firefox (V5). China continues outrageous threats of violence against Taiwan, flying eighteen nuclear bombers into its air space just a couple days ago.Thanks mudsharky (see post May 09) for your tip on getting Roboform V6.10 to work with the latest version of Firefox. They're casting enormous nets.ĭo I think the Chinese government would use illicitly collected data to disrupt life in the US in the event of armed conflict ? Yes.ĭo I think it's as likely as not that the US will have an armed conflict with China? Yes. But it shows the Chinese are not interested in small, targeted thefts of data. That focused on government officials, which does not include me. There is some connection.ĭo I think the Chinese government leverages TikTok for the collection of data and espionage? Yes, per FBI statements.ĭo I think the Chinese government would attempt to gain access to massive repositories of passwords and personal information of US citizens? Yes, as evidenced when they stole the personal information of 22 million US citizens in 2015-ish. There must be some passing of data at some level in order for RoboForm to have their ad or page on TikTok, no? Roboform employees will be accessing TikTok, then accessing Roboform systems, with the same devices. The banks you have passwords too likely also have TikTok accounts. They have a social media account, just like you do on Bogleheads. I despise tik tok and believe the Chinese govt has full access to user information and content, but there is no security concern here that I can see. Looks like 1Password has a TikTok page too! Ha, that’s kind of funny. TikTok should probably be banned for use here in the United States.Įxactly, Kaspersky was another slick trick by an oppressive and autocratic government. So yes, probably a good idea to not use RoboForm any more. My understanding is that Kaspersky was used to hack U.S. Probably five years ago, Best Buy was telling everyone to take Kaspersky off of their machines, they are using Webroot now. This just made me chuckle it seems so ridiculous. I just can’t believe they’d 1) form any relationship with a Chinese firm or 2) advertise they’ve formed any relationship of the sort. Guess it’s time to change my password manager. The same company that the FBI says is a threat to national security due to the ways it can facilitate spying by the Chinese government. It’s been great.īut I was shocked today to see an email from them proclaiming they are now “on” TikTok. We have multiple accounts for different users. It’s worked well across Apple and Microsoft devices.
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