LastPass update. (Click here for all my LastPass posts.)
Trouble logging into Yahoo with LastPass on my iPad: the Yahoo login page won’t let me paste the password. I have to type it in.
Lastpass logs me in automatically into one website for which I have, for some reason, two passwords. Which one is LastPass using to log me in? If only I could switch off this automatic login! I searched the online support, FAQs and the pdf user manual, but couldn’t find how to turn off the automatic login, and have requested a ticket from tech support.
As a rule, I never enable the automatic login (I figured it would only cause me trouble, and I was right!). Instead, I just choose the “Autofill” option.
Update: As they say, it helps to read the friendly manual. I have discovered the reason why LastPass was automatically logging me into certain websites. It’s a feature, not a bug.
Also in this post:
- is Yahoo! Japan preventing cut-and-paste when logging in?
- LastPass’ One Time Passwords: why use them when there’s the virtual keyboard to foil keyloggers?
- what to do first if you think your Lastpass account has been compromised?
- and, when I see my Vault in my web-browser, am I looking at my local version or my online one?
First, here’s why LastPass was automatically logging me in: I was clicking on the name of the website in my LastPass Vault. From the user manual: Read the rest of this entry »