{"id":41912,"date":"2021-03-17T13:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=10a9768e393d5744dbc7e72b0e1224ef"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:56:12","slug":"dropbox-passwords-will-be-free-for-all-users-from-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/dropbox-passwords-will-be-free-for-all-users-from-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox Passwords will be free for all users from April"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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17 Mar, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dropbox will make its password manager, ‘Dropbox Passwords’, available for free from next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The feature was\u00a0launched last year<\/a>\u00a0for paying customers but will be made available to anyone that has a Dropbox account, the company announced.<\/p>\n

Dropbox Passwords generates unique passwords for new sign-ups and autofills credentials on apps and websites. The service is based on zero-knowledge encryption, which means\u00a0users don’t have to reveal the password for verification. What’s more, the company said it will soon release a feature that lets users securely share passwords with friends and family.<\/p>\n

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\nThere are a few limitations, however. Dropbox Passwords users will only be able to store up to 50 passwords up to three devices to access those credential via the cloud.<\/p>\n

“Last year, we launched Dropbox Passwords for all paid Dropbox plans to make signing into websites and storing your passwords seamless,” the firm said in a statement. “The Passwords app remembers your usernames and passwords on all your devices – so you don’t have to. And zero-knowledge encryption ensures only you know your passwords, not Dropbox.”<\/p>\n

Using password managers have been touted as a best practice for businesses for years and they are now seen as a crucial part of remote working due to the increase in services needed.<\/p>\n

The importance of these services was recently highlighted by the widespread backlash to\u00a0LastPass<\/a>‘ announcement that its free tier will no longer offer users unlimited access to stored passwords on both desktop and mobile devices.
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\n“If you are not using a password manager then you are dangerously leaving yourself more open to cyberattacks,” said Jake Moore, ESET’s cyber security specialist. “It is vital to implement a password manager into your work and home life to remain protected from attacks, but many people mistakenly think of it as a more unsecure way of protecting accounts.
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\n“Most people have dozens of accounts and this number is only going to get bigger, for example with one-time purchases, so it can be easy to reuse known passwords. But this is where threat actors often capitalise,\u00a0seeking out those overused non-complex passwords<\/a>\u00a0and then compromising other accounts with the same credentials.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

17 Mar, 2021 <\/p>\n

Dropbox will make its password manager, ‘Dropbox Passwords’, available for free from next month.\u00a0
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