I have a monster computer on my desk – fast processor, 32Gb of RAM, SSDs. The first click on the extension icon is especially problematic: when I open Chrome the first time and browse to a website that needs a password and click on LastPass, I might be waiting 10-15 seconds before the dropdown menu appears. There’s a delay of one to several seconds for just about everything I ask it to do.

It’s slow to respond the first time you click on it. The Chrome extension for LastPass is slow. But about its performance, and about the future of the company. Not about its security – the design makes it effectively impenetrable. For the first time, I’m worried about it. I’ve been using LastPass, and recommending it to everyone, for more than ten years. Okay, now keep that in mind while I complain.

Wouldn’t you rather use LastPass, even if it’s a little slow, rather than have that happen to you? Of course you would.

I don’t want anyone to read this and get excited and then have something go wrong and lose your passwords and suffer embarrassing hacks and have your identity stolen and wind up homeless and alone. For most people, the “best” program is the one that you already use. If you’re using LastPass, I want you to keep using it! You need a secure way to keep track of passwords and confidential information.

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