{"id":128268,"date":"2015-10-09T13:31:55","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T19:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/ruh-roh-i-hate-it-when-something-i-like-gets-sold.html"},"modified":"2015-11-05T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T18:17:59","slug":"ruh-roh-i-hate-it-when-something-i-like-gets-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/ruh-roh-i-hate-it-when-something-i-like-gets-sold.html","title":{"rendered":"Ruh-roh &#8212; I hate it when something I like gets sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve been a huge fan of LastPass for years &#8212; it provides me with all sorts of internal tools to promote good password usage on websites I register at. <\/p>\n<p>I am not at all happy that they are being bought, since, inevitably, that means a change in priorities. Here&#39;s hoping that the LogMeIn people realize the gem they have acquired , not for how they can squeeze extra money out of, but as something that will draw more people to them.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Not sure how I feel about this. I&#39;ve never been a big fan of LogMeIn (it seems like paying for something you can already do with the OS). Will be keeping a close on eye on how this develops and maybe looking into a different password manager.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2015\/10\/logmein-buys-lastpass-password-manager-for-110-million\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/f2ghL8ScX5705PN5jIgoEmsT17DWHSEm7v9kSX0KoS0bY9yJ3p6z02C9qxjPA3PfBCZf9ElSdMWkek6Zrq6yLTcUrdCMPo4dscRPWwqlwM5cQVU=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2015\/10\/logmein-buys-lastpass-password-manager-for-110-million\/'>LogMeIn buys LastPass password manager for $110 million | Ars Technica<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nLogMeIn promises to preserve LastPass brand, with expanded capabilities.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Wp1BwV7V6z9'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#39;ve been a huge fan of LastPass for years &#8212; it provides me with all sorts of internal tools to promote good password usage on websites I register at. I am not at all happy that they are being bought, since, inevitably, that means a change in priorities. Here&#39;s hoping that the LogMeIn people realize &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/ruh-roh-i-hate-it-when-something-i-like-gets-sold.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ruh-roh &#8212; I hate it when something I like gets sold&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,375,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-computer-security","category-my-computer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10632,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/06\/firefox_can_be_dangerous.html","url_meta":{"origin":128268,"position":0},"title":"Firefox can be dangerous to your love life","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Dec-06 11:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"No, it's not because spending all your time online can interfere with your relationships. 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