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Keeping your personal information, Cornell sign-in credentials, and important data safe means protecting your passwords. Anyone with active online accounts encounters dozens of passwords used to access Cornell resources, personal online banking, e-commerce sites, and other websites. Below you will…
You have the option of organizing the login information for various sites into LastPass Vaults (these appear as a series of nested folders) to make it easier to maintain. Users who save information about many sites will see a larger benefit from this organization. Specifying which…
LastPass can import passwords saved in your browser's password manager, other password manager products, or files exported from other sources.
You can have LastPass prompt you to log in when you open your browser.
To enable/disable this feature,
Click the LastPass icon in your browser's toolbar, then click Account Options.
Click Extension Preferences.
Whenever you sign up for a new account on a website or app, you are asked to create a password. A very important security principle is to always use a different password for each account you create. Reusing passwords makes you much less secure and more vulnerable to account compromise.
LastPass…
LastPass requires Cornell's Two-Step Login service. If you're not already using it, sign up for Two-Step Login as your first step.
Staff, faculty, students, affiliates, and Sponsored NetIDs are eligible for accounts.
Alumni and retirees are not eligible.
When you leave Cornell, your account will be converted to a free, personal account. All the site information you have saved will be retained. Of course, credentials you used to access some Cornell services will no longer be valid, so you'll probably want to remove those items from your LastPass…
No one has access to your passwords except you. Not Cornell, not the folks at LastPass.
Your Master Password (which only you know, right?) is the key that unlocks the encryption of your password vault. Without the key, your vault is a scrambled, unusable mess. That's why you never share your…