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I accidently scanned the wrong finger on LastPass, and it logged me on! Then I asked my mother to scan her finger, and her finger worked too! What's wrong here? I haven't bought LastPass. (I'm just trying the fingerprint scanner. It's a trial on 15 days or so..) Could this be because my trial has ran out? (If so I don't think LastPass is good when it comes to security!)

UPDATE: According to my Device Manager, I have one of the Validity Sensors fingerprint scanners. I use a Dell Vostro 3350 with an i3, so maybe you know exactly which one it has. I use it to log into Windows, and here it works perfectly!

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Their tech support is very responsive. Email them. – dnbrv Feb 24 '12 at 12:31
Thanks, I sent them a message :) – Friend of Kim Feb 24 '12 at 13:08

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You should probably get a different password manager. That company has already been hacked twice and now anyone is scanning their finger and accessing your passwords?

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Yes, but if they get hacked, can the hackers get anything out of the passwords, as they don't have the master pass thus the encryption key? – Friend of Kim Feb 24 '12 at 20:08
Nope they can't. Lastpass is using a very strong encryption method (PBKDF2-SHA-256) and a brute-force attack is near impossible. If you are paranoiac about brute-force attacks, you can increase iterations to make brute-force attacks even more unlikely helpdesk.lastpass.com/security-options/… . I consider myself a paranoiac. That's why I use 10 000 iterations! – Eric Gagnon Jun 16 '12 at 16:57

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