Author Archives: Jake Curtis

Workaround: How-To access your LastPass vault in Firefox with the broken Add-on

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For whatever reason, there seems to be an issue with the LastPass browser extension in Firefox. Symptom: You click on the LastPass icon in the upper right corner of Firefox and nothing happens. You can’t login, open your vault or do anything with LastPass, since the context menu doesn’t load. Continue reading Workaround: How-To access your LastPass vault in Firefox with the broken Add-on→

NetzDG – “Durchsetzung”, nicht “Durchsuchung”!

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Seit den letzten Tagen wird sehr viel über das heftig umstrittene Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (NetzDG) geschrieben, gesprochen, gestritten und diskutiert. Und das ist auch gut so! Es gibt genügend Gründe, warum dieses absolut unsinnige, realitätsfremde und gefährliche Gesetz so schnell wie es eingeführt wurde wieder abgeschafft werden muss! Aber darauf will ich Continue reading NetzDG – “Durchsetzung”, nicht “Durchsuchung”!→

How to reveal LastPass’ “hidden” shared passwords

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In this article I want to show you a very simple method how any LastPass user (no special know-how required) can simply reveal LastPass’ “hidden” passwords if they are shared with them. Also, I will explain why I believe that this whole “hide shared passwords” feature in LastPass isn’t a good Continue reading How to reveal LastPass’ “hidden” shared passwords→

Think twice before accepting suspicious LinkedIn invitations

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A few days ago, I got a new invitation to connect with someone on LinkedIn. Usually, I recognize the person by name and photo, briefly checkout their profile for anything suspicious and finally accept the invitation. Being a vigilant information security professional, I noticed that somethings seemed weird about this particular invitation. That’s why Continue reading Think twice before accepting suspicious LinkedIn invitations→