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LinkedIn Password Check to see if it was compromised

I see that Mashable has announced that LastPass has released a tool to allow users to check if their password was one of those compromised in the recent hack incident.

Being very cynical I wonder why anyone would want to use a tool such as this, since it seem much more sensible to just assume the password has been compromised and change it straight away.

The article suggests, and I tend to agree that the use of a ‘password management tool’ might also be a good idea.  I personally use one to keep track of all the passwords that I use on all the sites I visit.  That way I can use a different (automatically generated) password on each site, and all I have to do is remember the password to get into the password manager, so that I can copy and paste the appropriate password when I need it.  Of course LastPass has released this ‘tool’ to promote sales of its own product, which is very understandable but also is very opportunistic.

I would suggest that rather than use such a tool that LinkedIn user just change this password whether it is compromised or not.  The old saying being ‘Better safe than sorry!’.

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