Passpack Provides Secure Login/Password Sharing
Some web accounts are meant to be shared, whether with co-workers, clients you’re providing access to, or for tech support. Passpack, the previously mentioned, online/offline password manager, offers a more secure way than emails or Post-It Notes.
You’ll need to “invite” people from within Passpack, basically signing them up for service as well. Once you do, however, sharing a login and password to a site, without sending your data over email and leaving it up to someone else’s security methods, involves just a few clicks. You set whether you cousin Joe just has access to the password, or whether they can modify it as well. By centralising a password with Passpack, you can also “push” password/login changes out to everyone logging in using their shared Passpack access, and can revoke access to certain folks or groups all at once.
Here’s a video showing how sharing works in practice:
Passpack is a free service, with upgrades uncapping the number of (full-access) shared users, saved passwords, and other features. Intrigued but wondering about security and privacy? Here are their fairly full disclosures. Password Management & Provisioning [Passpack]
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I'm sticking with lastpass as well. I share my account with colleagues and have threatened then not to touch the settings or preferences. It would be nice to be have administrator and user level access like passpack so I don't have to watch my colleagues like hawks!
seanmac30
no thanks
ib2009
@SloYerRoll:
Thanks for the privnote link. That's actually very handy for one-time uses.
Personally, I prefer a google document for this kinda stuff. Most people have google accounts these days for igoogle and whatnot.
Jurandr
passpack is useless because free account limits you to only 100 logins.
you might think that's alot, but when you actually start using it, you'll reach that limit in no time.
my lastpass.com account has over 200 logins already.
Privnote is a much more viable option that doesn't require setting up any account. I see the merit of this, but making people sign up for an account just to receive credentials? No thanks.
[privnote.com]
SloYerRoll
@jimmyp3016: That approach is not nearly as nuanced as this one.
Or you could just use a keepass file with a dropbox you all share
jimmyp3016
@AltheaNarballs
I guess you completely misunderstood the basic principles of privacy and security. IF passpack would store the user's masterkeys most people would avoid the service.
Anyway, I use PP since a year at work and at home: it has great features and it is getting better all the time. After trying local password managers like Keepass and online managers like Clipperz I am sticking to Passpack which is IMO superior.
kamui47
Tried it long ago, and it is rather horrible. After storing a lot of precious information on this site, I couldn't remember my password. The support team told me that my account never existed. Load of crap. Avoid like plague!
AltheaNarballs
@ib2009:
Thank you for your exciting contribution to this overly monotonous thread.
see also clipperz
ossigeno
@Mxx: Mex, tired of PI forum? ;)
ossigeno
Tired it for a couple of weeks, auto login button on the browser is a bit erratic doesn't work for all websites (php, wordpress, v-bulletins) and even if you set it up for such sites it keeps on asking you for configuring it.
AletaThetis
Don't store sensitive information on someone elses or a 3rd party's equipment, period.
BTW, PASSWORDS ARE SOME OF THE MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION and should be stored encrypted at all times in more than 2 different places. If you're encryption is strong, it doesn't matter who has access to the files.
If you need to share information with selected people, setup a VPN and use Direct:Connect program (DC++ is good) to mirror your encrypted files with everyone on the "team."
TheFu
@TheFu: If I lived in a fairytale world with only 1 permanent workstation I wouldn't use thirds party software at all ... however, reality kicks in when you have 300+ logins r keep track of - encrypted webservices like Lastpass offer some much needed help in that department... particularly when on 3 differnt work stations like me...
@Mxx: Yup.... 100s way too little. Use Lastpass also..