July 26, 2018 • 6 mins
Password management software Dashlane unveils a new version of their software with more features for Premium users including a free, unlimited VPN for secure, encrypted web surfing. The company also raised its subscription price by 50%.Mentioned:Dashlane:https://www.dashlane.com/plans$20 off referral linkLastPasshttps://www.lastpass.com/1Passwordhttps://1password.com/Follow Rich on Social Media:Facebook: http://facebook.com/RichOnTechTwitter: http://twitter.com/richdemuroInstagram: http://instagram.com/richontechEasy ways to listen on your phone or smart speaker:"Hey Google, Play the Rich on Tech Podcast""Hey Siri, Play the Rich on Tech Podcast""Alexa, Enable the Rich on Tech Flash Briefing"
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Dash Lane password manager gets new features and a hefty
new price tag. What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro. This
is Rich on Tech. Dash Lane is one of my
top recommendations when it comes to a password manager, and
now it's getting a big upgrade along with a big
price increase. More on that in a bit, but first
let me explain what dash Lane is all about and
what's new in dash Lane six. Dashlane is a password manager,
(00:27):
an app that both creates complex and secure passwords, plus
it stores them for you, so you really don't have
to worry about remembering your password for various sites. When
you need to log into an account, you can either
copy and paste the password from the Dashlane app, or
Dashlane will even log in for you, depending on the
platform you're using. So if you're on your phone on Android,
(00:47):
it can log right in for you, or if you're
on your web browser using something like Chrome, it will
literally just log into the website. It's pretty easy. That's
the basic functionality, and the benefit here is that you're
not reusing the same password over and over for various websites,
so if a website is hacked, they don't get your
password for other sites. The damage is basically limited. Also,
you're using passwords that hopefully people can't figure out. Dashlane
(01:10):
six has a new feature which they call password Health.
This is a quick view of how healthy your password
life is, including any passwords that should be changed immediately
due to a recent hack or compromise. They also have
a dashboard that tells you how many of your passwords
are weak or those that are reused, which are red
flags and you probably want to change. They also have
a feature that lets you change your passwords at one
(01:31):
site or a bunch of sites in just one click.
Dashlane says that's supported on five hundred websites or more.
I find that it only works on a handful of
my websites, maybe twenty or thirty, but it's still a
nice feature to have. Dashlane also includes one gigabyte of
secure storage, so you can save sensitive encrypted files here.
And there's also a feature that lets you share passwords
(01:51):
with friends or family members who also have Dashlane. This
is actually quite useful because let's say you and your
wife share the same password for Amazon to order stuff.
You can literally share your password with her inside the
Dashlane app, so it's not pasted in an email or
a text message much more secure this way. One of
the new features is VPN. I think a lot of
people will welcome this one. Dash Lane Premium and Premium
(02:13):
Plus customers can now secure their connections to the Internet
with a VPN, which is really great if you're traveling
or connecting to a random Wi Fi network. Dash Lane's
VPN will encrypt your traffic and make it more secure,
and it's unlimited, which is actually a pretty valuable perk. Then,
when it comes to monitoring your online identity, dash Lane
is also adding a bunch of new features here, sort
of competing with the likes of LifeLock. For starters, you
(02:35):
can pop in up to five email addresses to monitor
to see if they show up anywhere on the internet.
Dashlane says it can scan up to thirty two billion
records related to hacks and breaches, and these next features
are reserved for the top tier, the Premium Plus users,
which is dash Lane's newest and most expensive tier at
one hundred and twenty dollars a year. You get credit
monitoring and Alert's powered by TransUnion. You can also see
(02:58):
your credit score. Then there's ID restoration support for help
if your identity is stolen an ID theft insurance of
up to one million dollars. Clearly, Dashlane is going above
and beyond just storing your passwords for a full suite
of digital privacy. But now let's break down the cost
and whether it's worth it. Dashlane at its core is
free that lets you create and store your passwords, but
(03:19):
they don't sink across devices. So if you just want
to start somewhere, you can install the app on your
phone and whenever you need to log into a website,
you can copy and paste the password from Dashlane, or
you can just look at the password on dash Lane
and type it in on your desktop. But my feeling
is that you're probably gonna grow frustrated with this process
pretty quickly and want to upgrade. So the next step
(03:39):
up is a subscription, which now runs sixty dollars a year.
This is a twenty dollars price increase as of today,
it used to cost forty dollars, and a year ago
it used to cost thirty dollars, so Dashlane has raised
their prices a lot in the past couple of years.
After that, if you want a Premium plus membership that
will run you one hundred and twenty dollars a year
that includes the credit monitoring and the ID theft insurre
(04:00):
curren And keep in mind all these prices are just
for one person. Dashlane does not have any family plans
right now, so a couple would have to pay one
hundred and twenty dollars a year for password management or
two hundred forty dollars a year for the top of
the line plan. Now. When I tweeted about the price increase,
dash Lane tweeted this back, Hi, Rich Dashlane six is
a major evolution towards putting our customers in full control
(04:22):
of their digital identity. As a matter of fact, we
worked with over five thousand customers on our new feature
set and pricing. Will continue to lead the industry in
security and ease of use, and expect our customers will
love our expanded capabilities. Thanks for the feedback on the
family plan. It's definitely on our roadmap for a subsequent release.
So what's the alternative here? Last Pass is a good
(04:43):
free solution and their free service lets you sink your
password across all of your devices. But if you want
premium features including no ADS, it is twenty four dollars
a year or forty eight dollars a year for families.
One password is a fan favorite. It started out primarily
for Apple users, but now they have support for Windows
and Android. One password is thirty six dollars a year
or sixty dollars a year for families. I think you
(05:05):
can see where all of this is going. If you
want good, secure password protection, you need to pay something. Overall,
I think that dash Lane now offers the most complete solution,
especially with the VPN included and that built in wallet
to store your payment and ID information. But you kind
of have to decide if the price is worth it
for you. Once you start using one of these managers.
It's not impossible to export your passwords and switch to
(05:27):
a new service, but it certainly isn't something you want
to do very often. As for the credit score monitoring
and ID theft protection, you can check out wallet hub.
They give you a lot of these features for free,
and I really like their service, although you're probably gonna
have to pay anywhere to get really premium ID protection.
There you have it. If you want to try out
dash Lane, you can do it for thirty days free,
or you can use my referral code for twenty dollars
(05:48):
off your first year subscription. You can find a link
to that in the show notes. Thanks so much for listening.
You can find links to everything I talk about here
at richontech dot tv. I'm Rich Daemiro. I'll talk to
you real soon
Dash Lane password manager gets new features and a hefty
new price tag. What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro. This
is Rich on Tech. Dash Lane is one of my
top recommendations when it comes to a password manager, and
now it's getting a big upgrade along with a big
price increase. More on that in a bit, but first
let me explain what dash Lane is all about and
what's new in dash Lane six. Dashlane is a password manager,
(00:27):
an app that both creates complex and secure passwords, plus
it stores them for you, so you really don't have
to worry about remembering your password for various sites. When
you need to log into an account, you can either
copy and paste the password from the Dashlane app, or
Dashlane will even log in for you, depending on the
platform you're using. So if you're on your phone on Android,
(00:47):
it can log right in for you, or if you're
on your web browser using something like Chrome, it will
literally just log into the website. It's pretty easy. That's
the basic functionality, and the benefit here is that you're
not reusing the same password over and over for various websites,
so if a website is hacked, they don't get your
password for other sites. The damage is basically limited. Also,
you're using passwords that hopefully people can't figure out. Dashlane
(01:10):
six has a new feature which they call password Health.
This is a quick view of how healthy your password
life is, including any passwords that should be changed immediately
due to a recent hack or compromise. They also have
a dashboard that tells you how many of your passwords
are weak or those that are reused, which are red
flags and you probably want to change. They also have
a feature that lets you change your passwords at one
(01:31):
site or a bunch of sites in just one click.
Dashlane says that's supported on five hundred websites or more.
I find that it only works on a handful of
my websites, maybe twenty or thirty, but it's still a
nice feature to have. Dashlane also includes one gigabyte of
secure storage, so you can save sensitive encrypted files here.
And there's also a feature that lets you share passwords
(01:51):
with friends or family members who also have Dashlane. This
is actually quite useful because let's say you and your
wife share the same password for Amazon to order stuff.
You can literally share your password with her inside the
Dashlane app, so it's not pasted in an email or
a text message much more secure this way. One of
the new features is VPN. I think a lot of
people will welcome this one. Dash Lane Premium and Premium
(02:13):
Plus customers can now secure their connections to the Internet
with a VPN, which is really great if you're traveling
or connecting to a random Wi Fi network. Dash Lane's
VPN will encrypt your traffic and make it more secure,
and it's unlimited, which is actually a pretty valuable perk. Then,
when it comes to monitoring your online identity, dash Lane
is also adding a bunch of new features here, sort
of competing with the likes of LifeLock. For starters, you
(02:35):
can pop in up to five email addresses to monitor
to see if they show up anywhere on the internet.
Dashlane says it can scan up to thirty two billion
records related to hacks and breaches, and these next features
are reserved for the top tier, the Premium Plus users,
which is dash Lane's newest and most expensive tier at
one hundred and twenty dollars a year. You get credit
monitoring and Alert's powered by TransUnion. You can also see
(02:58):
your credit score. Then there's ID restoration support for help
if your identity is stolen an ID theft insurance of
up to one million dollars. Clearly, Dashlane is going above
and beyond just storing your passwords for a full suite
of digital privacy. But now let's break down the cost
and whether it's worth it. Dashlane at its core is
free that lets you create and store your passwords, but
(03:19):
they don't sink across devices. So if you just want
to start somewhere, you can install the app on your
phone and whenever you need to log into a website,
you can copy and paste the password from Dashlane, or
you can just look at the password on dash Lane
and type it in on your desktop. But my feeling
is that you're probably gonna grow frustrated with this process
pretty quickly and want to upgrade. So the next step
(03:39):
up is a subscription, which now runs sixty dollars a year.
This is a twenty dollars price increase as of today,
it used to cost forty dollars, and a year ago
it used to cost thirty dollars, so Dashlane has raised
their prices a lot in the past couple of years.
After that, if you want a Premium plus membership that
will run you one hundred and twenty dollars a year
that includes the credit monitoring and the ID theft insurre
(04:00):
curren And keep in mind all these prices are just
for one person. Dashlane does not have any family plans
right now, so a couple would have to pay one
hundred and twenty dollars a year for password management or
two hundred forty dollars a year for the top of
the line plan. Now. When I tweeted about the price increase,
dash Lane tweeted this back, Hi, Rich Dashlane six is
a major evolution towards putting our customers in full control
(04:22):
of their digital identity. As a matter of fact, we
worked with over five thousand customers on our new feature
set and pricing. Will continue to lead the industry in
security and ease of use, and expect our customers will
love our expanded capabilities. Thanks for the feedback on the
family plan. It's definitely on our roadmap for a subsequent release.
So what's the alternative here? Last Pass is a good
(04:43):
free solution and their free service lets you sink your
password across all of your devices. But if you want
premium features including no ADS, it is twenty four dollars
a year or forty eight dollars a year for families.
One password is a fan favorite. It started out primarily
for Apple users, but now they have support for Windows
and Android. One password is thirty six dollars a year
or sixty dollars a year for families. I think you
(05:05):
can see where all of this is going. If you
want good, secure password protection, you need to pay something. Overall,
I think that dash Lane now offers the most complete solution,
especially with the VPN included and that built in wallet
to store your payment and ID information. But you kind
of have to decide if the price is worth it
for you. Once you start using one of these managers.
It's not impossible to export your passwords and switch to
(05:27):
a new service, but it certainly isn't something you want
to do very often. As for the credit score monitoring
and ID theft protection, you can check out wallet hub.
They give you a lot of these features for free,
and I really like their service, although you're probably gonna
have to pay anywhere to get really premium ID protection.
There you have it. If you want to try out
dash Lane, you can do it for thirty days free,
or you can use my referral code for twenty dollars
(05:48):
off your first year subscription. You can find a link
to that in the show notes. Thanks so much for listening.
You can find links to everything I talk about here
at richontech dot tv. I'm Rich Daemiro. I'll talk to
you real soon
Host
Rich DeMuro
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