If you re on Dropbox s free Basic plan, you ll be able to store up to 50 passwords, with support for automatic syncing across three devices. Unlike the updated free tier on Lastpass, the Basic version of Passwords allows you to choose which three devices you ve selected, so you aren t locked into mobile or desktop exclusively. You ll also be able to share passwords from your Dropbox account, though that feature won t be live at launch.
You can sign up for Dropbox s waitlist to gain access to the free tier of Passwords as soon as it s available for all users.
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LastPass in privacy hot seat over web trackers
A security researcher recommends dropping LastPass after a privacy advocacy app discovered seven web trackers in the password manager. Listen - 01:31 CNET
LastPass slate of web trackers is in the spotlight after a security researcher recommended switching away from the password manager based on the findings of a well-known privacy advocacy app. The analysis follows LastPass recently announced restrictions to its free-tier service, which will become effective in March.
The Exodus Privacy app, developed by the Guardian Project to document the number of trackers and permissions other apps use, discovered seven web trackers in the Android version of LastPass. Highlighting the findings in an analysis published Thursday, German security researcher Mike Kuketz recommended users move away from the password manager in favor of one without track