Your vault can be accessed from your browser plug-in or mobile app. If it doesn’t, your passwords are still only a few clicks away in your password vault. If you are logged into the LastPass browser extension and you have stored a password in LastPass, it will often automatically fill in your username and password when you open a webpage. LastPass can generate long, randomized passwords that protect against hacking. Use the LastPass app on your mobile device and you can access your vault from anywhere. Install the LastPass browser plugin (available for most major web browsers) and then when you are logging into a website, entering a username and password, LastPass will prompt you to save that account to your LastPass vault. No one, including Princeton or LastPass can access your passwords. LastPass uses strong encryption to make sure that the only way to access your passwords is to use the master password. You can access LastPass from the University, from home, or through the app. You don’t have to remember them all, just remember your master password, and let LastPass remember the rest.

Use LastPass' password generator to create long, complex passwords for your accounts. With LastPass, you use one strong “master” password to protect the passwords of all your other accounts. For students, Princeton provides LastPass Premium.

For faculty and staff, Princeton provides LastPass Enterprise (for University business) and LastPass Premium (for personal use). Why should I use LastPass? No more password problemsĮveryone knows you should use strong passwords and not reuse them, but with so many accounts how do you keep track? Security professionals recommend using a password manager to create, store, and manage strong, unique passwords for all your accounts.

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