Synchronization is for all : the password manager LastPass stands out from its competitors by announcing an expansion of its model freemium, which now includes the ability to synchronize the password generated by the user between different devices. This feature was already available in the past, but LastPass was in line with the competition and reserved to its paying users.
A practice exceeded according to LastPass, which explains in a press release made this decision by noting the evolution of the practices of its users. “When we launched LastPass in 2008, things were different. The iPhone had just arrived, the App Store was not yet launched and Android was non-existent. Now, all aspects of our life, at work or at home, is connected via the cloud and available on different terminals, ” says Joe Siegrist, founder of LastPass in its press release.
The free offer is therefore much more interesting for the users who seek to enlist the services of a password manager. The announcement of LastPass up his free offer ahead of the competition, so that the different services of manager password try each to increase their share of the market. Dashlane, or 1Password, which have business models similar, could eventually align with or choose to differentiate themselves on other aspects. The only alternative to away from the fray, KeePass which is a free software.
The freemium of LastPass is financed by the advertising and the payment of a subscription allows access to many benefits for the user, such as a method of sharing family passwords, the support of solutions such as Yubikey as well as a space of one gigabyte of secure storage and encrypted on the servers of the company.
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