Beware of New Lastpass Logout Error
Some LastPass users have come to the company’s forums to complain about a rather nasty bug affecting auto-logout features – something you’ll always want to include as a security measure when backing up.
According to reports, the bug does not appear to be platform specific: Firefox, Chrome, and Brave users alike on Windows and macOS tapped into a thread to describe how “logging out of LastPass after x minutes of inactivity” stopped working. … And they are not happy with this question. As one user wrote :
“I noticed this last week and confirmed it on two different computers. This is a huge security issue for me. Both the lastpass extensions on chrome and safari clearly state that they should log me out in 10 minutes, but they don’t. It was like this about last week. Please lastpass fix this or I’ll try another password manager. “
LastPass reps joined the thread about a week after the main splash of comments to indicate that the company is working to fix the issue with an update . At the time of this posting, there was no ETA available for fixing.
It is also unclear what is actually causing the error. I tried to reproduce this issue using the LastPass extension in Chrome 80 on my MacBook, but found that the LastPass auto logout settings worked fine. I turned on the setting to log out after a minute of inactivity on my MacBook. Then I waited a minute and the LastPass icon changed from red to gray – and I was logged out.
The same thing happened when I checked another option “Exit when all browsers are closed”. When I signed out and reopened Chrome, I had to sign in to LastPass again.
However, you will want to test your LastPass auto logout settings – if you use them – in your own setup. If they don’t work for you, you need to remember to manually sign out of LastPass once you’re done using it.
While you should also use a more secure authentication mechanism (like a great password or fingerprint) to keep intruders out of your desktop or laptop when you’re away, make sure your password manager isn’t denying every login you use. for everyone sitting in front of your keyboard is probably fine. Actually, this is the most important thing.