Looking for secure way to share passwords

[Stephen]

There comes a point where if a team wants a new function or convenience
they will have to learn something new. So i would go with the best
documentation friendly solution that actually does the job securely. This
to me strikes as the best of both worlds.


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Mark Phillips
<mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote:

> Jill,
>
> Great point!
>
> In this particular situation, the "team members" will probably not want to
> download a plugin, and I don't want to the the help desk for the plugin.
> However, I don't think that will be a problem. If they forget their
> password and can't get into their lastpass account, then I would tell them
> to make another account, and I will share the passwords with the new
> account. A very kludgey solution to this problem, but if it happens, they
> may get over their fear of downloading a plugin. On a technical scale of
> 1-10, where 10 = Linux Admin and 1 = still using a rotatory dial land line
> , the team members are 2s. ;)
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:23 PM, jill <lists at bespokess.com> wrote:
>
>> I've also successfully used Lastpass with customers with
>> multi-platform/less-techy requirements.  However there's one thing about
>> their service that's really important to note - they can't do password
>> resets for your account the way most web services can.  If you forget
>> your login to their site and don't use their browser add-on you're SOL
>> (recovery works off the plugin).  I completely lost a Lastpass account
>> this way earlier this year.
>> https://helpdesk.lastpass.com/security-options/account-recovery/
>>
>> Make sure your team understands how important it is to keep track of
>> their Lastpass password, or walk them through how to set up the plugin.
>>
>> - Jill
>>
>> On 2013-10-26 21:20, Mark Phillips wrote:
>> > I have a small team, and I am looking for a way to share account info -
>> > user names and password, and password updates. These are login
>> credentials
>> > for financial accounts I manage.
>> >
>> > I googled for some ideas, and came up with snail mail, various web
>> services
>> > that encrypt/decrypt emails, Lastpass, and safegmail.
>> >
>> > The users are technical noobs, so it has to be easy. No software to
>> > install. Free or inexpensive. They use Windows and Mac, I use Linux.
>> Only I
>> > use Gmail, so safegmail is out.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any recommendations for web service solutions? Anyone
>> use
>> > Lastpass? Other ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Mark
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