LessPassHow does it works?
- LessPass is a password manager that doesn't save any data. The site,
- the login and the master password are mashed together with encryption
- to create a secure password. It will always generate the same password
- as long as those 3 parameters don't change.
+ LessPass is a password manager that doesn't store any data. It computes
+ a unique password using a site, login and a master password. You don't
+ need to sync a password vault across every device because LessPass works
+ offline! It will always generate the same password as long as those three
+ parameters don't change.
Master password emoticons
Your master password is the only thing you should keep in your head.
- The emoticons on the right let you verify if you typed in the right
- master password. You will have to wait a second or so before it shows
- the good emoticons. Otherwise it'd be possible for a shoulder-peeker
- to guess the password character-by-character instead of all at once,
- with the former being trivial and the later impossible.
+ The emoticons on the right let you verify that you typed in the right
+ master password. You will have to wait a second or so before the final
+ emoticons appear (the delay is for security; if the emoticons were
+ shown instantly, a shoulder-peeker could derive your password based
+ on the series of displayed emoticons).
Options
Sometimes sites have specific password rules. For instance, some banks
- only accept passwords made of digits. The application let you set
- parameters for the generated password. Use the counter if you want to
- change the generated password without changing your master password.
+ only accept passwords made of digits. LessPass lets you set parameters for
+ the generated password (the so called "password profile"). The counter in
+ particular allows you to generate a new password without having to change
+ your master password.
Sign In
- LessPass by default doesn't save any data. But you can if you want use
- LessPass in a connected mode. This mode helps you to save password
- profile needed to regenerate some passwords. A password’s profile is
- everything except the master password and the generated password.
- There is no critical information (a generated password encrypted for
- example) in the LessPass database.
+ By default, LessPass works offline and doesn't send any data over the
+ network. For convenience, there's an optional connected mode. This mode
+ allows you to store the profiles necessary to generate your passwords on
+ our (or alternatively your own) LessPass server. This is especially useful
+ if many of your passwords are not based on the default profile (length of
+ 16 characters, all characters allowed). As a password profile does neither
+ include the master password nor the generated password, there is no
+ critical information sent to the server.
- The sign in form ask for your master password. We use your master
- password to create a LessPass generated password using a default
- password profile. The master password is never send on our servers. If
- you don't want to encrypt your passord, you can disable this option in
- the settings
+ The sign-in form asks for your master password. By default, it is used to
+ generate a password for your LessPass account in the same way as for any other
+ site. This means the master password itself is never sent to our servers.
+ If for any reason you don't want to use such a LessPass-generated password
+ for your LessPass account, you can disable this in the settings.
- Self Hosted LessPass Database
+ Self-hosted LessPass Database
- If you are using a self hosted LessPass database, you can update the
- base url in the settings.
+ If you are using a self-hosted LessPass database, you can change the base
+ url in the settings to point to your own server.
Sign Out
- You can sign out using the Sign Out button in the settings
+ You can sign out using the Sign Out button in the settings.
ContributingYou can read our contributing guide:
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Support
- You still need some help? No problem, you can send us an email at
+ Still need some help? No problem, you can send us an email at
contact@lesspass.com. You can write your email in english or french.