LastPass, a popular password manager that stores credentials of users online accountsโ€™, has admitted having trackers in its service. As reported by a cybersecurity firm, LastPass has about seven trackers, with four of them from Google โ€“ all being used for improving the product, says the spokesperson from LastPass.

LastPass Tracking Users For Good!

LastPass Password Manager Admits Using Trackers in its Android Client

LastPass is one of the popular names in the password managing space, as it has a free plan thatโ€™s being used by most of us. While it forces the users to pick a paid subscription for syncing your passwords between your PC and phone, itโ€™s now going far to be hated by the community.

This is because LastPass was found to be using trackers without informing its users. This fact was surfaced by a report from Exodus, a German security firm that had done a deep analysis into the LastPass Android client. It resulted that LastPass uses about seven trackers, with four of them from Google used for analytics and service crash reporting.

And thereโ€™s one from Segment to gather data for marketing purposes. The data LastPass trackers found to be collecting are the biometric meta, like whether the user is using biometric authentication or not for the app. Also, the deviceโ€™s make and model details.

While these are fairly disappointing from a password app, a LastPass spokesperson has clarified that the service doesnโ€™t collect any sensitive details like PII. Also, the metadata collected from trackers are meant for improving and optimizing the product, says LastPass spokesperson.

Yet, many are planning to switch away from LastPass now and use something that doesnโ€™t track them. But, every other notable manager in this space like Bitwarden, RoboForm, and Dashlane are reported to have trackers, except the 1Password, making it a good alternative.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here