What is "Last Word"?
Last Word is a password management system that works by assigning passwords rather than storing them. The advantage is that your passwords are not stored anywhere to be found. The disadvantage is that you cannot choose your own passwords.
How does it work?
Three simple steps:
- You provide a list of things you login to, including a Service name and a Username
- You choose and enter a Master Key (Your Last Password)
- LastWord performs some one-way hashing on the Service names, Usernames, and Master Key you provided. The result is a unique and secure password for each listed service.
Because the passwords are generated deterministicly from your information, you can come back and get the same generated passwords by re-entering the same Master Key.
How secure is this, really?
Your passwords are not stored, they are rebuilt on your browser each time you need them. Your Master Key is not stored, you tell it to LastWord, and it never saves it. Only your list of usernames is stored, so even if someone stole our entire server they would still not have anyone's passwords. So long as your Master Key is kept secret, your passwords are safe.
What's the deal with those little colorful shapes?
Let's call that a pictohash. The pictohash is generated from your Master Key alone as a quick visual cue to whether you have entered it as you intended. Since LastWord does not store your Master Key, this is the only way for us to help you know if you entered the correctly -- if the pictohash looks the same, the Master Key is the same.
What if I want to change a password?
Simple! Click on the
and 
arrows in the "Password #" column to choose a new password. The
number specified here is added to the Service name, Username and
Master Key when producing your password. A different number
here, means a different password.
What if I want to change my Master Key?
That's fine, just enter a different value in the field next time, then, you'll have to change all your passwords.
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