LastPass Password Manager Is Making Multiple Password Access For Free

First Posted: Nov 04, 2016 05:20 AM EDT
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LastPass, a password manager, will make all your password problems disappear as the company improved its free version of its app. Users can now access multiple passwords for multiple devices without upgrading their service to premium.

With many password manager available online, it is tough to choose a good password service. LastPass is one of the bigger and better names out there. Users who choose to use the app can now avail their services for free. You can now remember all those long and complex passwords without even reusing one for other sites or device.

Beforehand, users who avail LastPass' free service are given a limited access on their password for only a single device. This is unfortunate considering that most people use multiple devices every day. On their part, LastPass encourage to upgrade their use to premium which costs $1 per month. The upgrade, which still exist, allows user of the password manager to access multiple devices.

The premium plan also focuses the feature of the password manager. LastPass premium plan user can avail an ad-free use, family sharing to up to 5 users, YubiKey, encrypted file storage and other services. In comparison, the free LastPass use will give users unlimited device sync, save and fill paswords, password generator among other features. As an added feature for premium users, the password manager also have a LastPass for Apps, desktop fingerprint identification and a 1GB of encrypted file storage.

Currently the LastPass app has about 1 million to 5 million downloads. Considering the advantage of having a multiple device accessible password manager it is not surprising that people are looking to take advantage of this free offering. It is surprising that LastPass made the multiple device access of their app for free use. This feature is probably the main proponent for users to upgrade their plans to premium.  

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