So the bottom line on why you should keep reading this post, and why I think you ought to have one: it’s as simple to use as it is incredibly secure. The best part: all you have to do is push a button! It also features One Time Password technology (the primary feature of the device, actually) which I’ll explain later. When combined, you finally have that password the security people tell you to have. It generates very long (mine is set to 54 characters), randomly generated passwords that you can use in conjunction with something you can actually remember.
Now we’ve all heard it before: “make sure you use passwords with random letters, numbers & symbols and never use a word somebody could guess!” That’s all well & good, but let’s be honest: passwords are hard enough to remember as it is without having to add in gibberish. If you’re someone who keeps a little book, cheat sheet or a bunch of Post-Its with your passwords written down (or you use the same password for your bank as you do for Facebook) you’re also leaving yourself incredibly vulnerable & you should definitely take a look at my review of LastPass. However, without some good strong passwords to protect all that information, you’re leaving yourself very vulnerable to people who may be ill-intentioned. It makes life very convenient, and in many ways a lot of fun. Some of it is online with Google, Facebook, Flickr, etc. If you’re like a lot of people these days, a large majority of your life is stored electronically. “Christiaan, we’re not all geeks like you. A service that fully encrypts all my passwords, allow me to generate strong, unique passwords for every site I use, and syncing to the cloud (my other tech passion) - what could be better? Well imagine my excitement when I found out that there was a device that could make not only Lastpass exponentially more secure & at the same time easier to use, but anything I did requiring a password! Enter the Yubikey.
So when I found out about Lastpass & started using it, I was pretty excited. For a long time there was a challenge with some of my friends to see if any of them could get into my computer, or at the very least figure out one of the 4 passwords required to boot it up to a desktop. I’m fascinated by encryption, data protection, strong passwords, and generally locking things down just because I can. As anyone who knows me well will tell you, I’m kind of a security geek.
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