I like Google. I even largely trust Google. But, honestly, I don't see myself switching away from LastPass any time soon, even though the latter costs money.
1. While I have little doubt that Google's new password manager will be pretty cool, LastPass functionality is mature and continuing to improve. Google has a ways to catch up.
2. This ties me to the Googleverse even more tightly. In theory, I could abandon Chrome and go back to Firefox or (shudder) IE, and LastPass would continue to work for me.
3. If someone gets access to my Google account, they have access to everything, including all my passwords elsewhere — in this scheme. LastPass, as a different vendor, is one more barrier they would have to breach. Security monocultures are not safe.
That said, we'll see what tune I'm singing in a year or two.
Originally shared by +Lifehacker:
Google's password manager is getting pretty serious.
Google Smart Lock Saves Your Passwords, Logs In on Chrome and Android
Google already has many features to make it easier to manage the bajillion passwords you have. With an upcoming release of Google Play Services, the company will be introducing a feature called Smart Lock that can store your passwords for third-party services and log into them across devices.
I'm in basically the same mind space, and I work for Google… I think Google's 2FA is secure against front door attacks, but if we've made a mistake, it would be very (very) bad. As you say, let's see where this goes…
Your last point is the main reason I'll keep using LastPass. Single points of failure are bad news.