LastPass Fixes Fingerprint Bypass In Latest Authenticator Update

[Lucian Armasu]

After a programmer recently revealed a fingerprint authentication-bypass flaw for the LastPass Authenticator app, LastPass acknowledged the vulnerability and released a fix.

LastPass Fixes Fingerprint Bypass In Latest Authenticator Update : Read more

 

[Vatharian]

Last Pass tries again. They are solely responsible for great deal of people staying away from password managers.

They also bought and killed Xmarks - one and only way to synchronize your profiles across devices using your own server (by WebDAV, but still).

 

[therealduckofdeath]

It doesn't nullify the reason to use 2FA, it reduces its security. For many years we've used Google's Authenticator without worrying about it not having any built-in security.

 

[Brian28]

"Additionally, if everyone used a strong unique password, then 2FA apps would largely not be needed"
That's not true! Even a strong unique password won't protect you against keystroke capture, or phished credentials, but 2FA does.

 

[therealduckofdeath]

Yeah Brian28, this news post is so full of bad facts it's almost like we're at some phone gadget site.