This is great. I feel dirty using Google's Authenticator.
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iOS 15 Includes Built-In Password Authenticator With Autofill, Replacing Google Authenticator and Authy
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not at all, just an option for those that don't have a 3rd party one already. It's a good thing.
I have 4 different ones right now, between Microsoft, Cisco Duo, Authy and Blizzard.
Is this a great idea though? The whole idea of 2FA is to have a separate passphrase for authentication.
Now it's all controlled by one login on your apple device.
Now it's all controlled by one login on your apple device.
And, we must not forget one thing. If you disable iCloud Keychain on all devices, say bye-bye to the stored passwords. I learnt that the hard way and that was when I moved to 1Password.
Never! I use it almost everyday
Really? I would think its data is part of your iCloud account
Until apple kills them in the store because they “duplicate core functionality”
It would be cool Apple let you migrate accounts using iCloud backup or something. Google Authenticator only recently made it easier to migrate the accounts to new devices, but it's still not very straight forward.
I just logged into icloud in my web browser on a PC and there are no passwords at all there, what am I missing? Without that complete no go.
Edit; apparently if you get both a chrome extension and the icloud for windows app you can accomplish this. Meh, most decent password managers manage this with the extension alone.
One less reason to use Google is always good.
ALWAYS!
ALWAYS!
You’re conflating a password manager service with an authenticator - think two factor authorization through an app instead o text messages.
Great. Now it would be nice if they'd let us use standard TOTP codes from any authenticator app as 2FA for Apple IDs too, so e.g. Apple TV users without other Apple devices could secure their accounts too ...
For a company preaching privacy so much, this has been mind boggling me for years. I have decided a while ago to always offload these photos to 3rd party apps which support touched / FaceID protection
There are tons of TOTP apps that aren't from Google, including some that are open source (e.g. Raivo).
Right now when I log into sites on Windows/Work I use the Authy WatchOS app. This sounds like another it works great but we hide the tokens/passwords so you can only use them with your Apple stuff!
Waiting for the anti competitive suits coming from Google and Authy for this feature.
No, it's not.
iCloud Keychain uses iCloud to move your keychain entries around, but it doesn't actually store a complete copy of the keychain in the cloud forever.
For example, you save a password on a website. The (encrypted) password goes to iCloud, and an internal push is sent to all your devices. Once all the devices have received the new password, iCloud deletes it from their servers.
This is a GOOD thing; it means your keychains are never complete on Apple's servers. It's also why you need to enter the passcode or password from another device when enabling iCloud Keychain; that password is required to decrypt it.
Why? Just because you are apparently unhappy with this latest feature doesn’t mean squat.
Keychain has been around for honks and 1Password is still around - and works in tandem with Keychain.
Since i'm mostly on windows PC's now, think i'm going to move away from iPhone & iPad.
this news solidifies it as how the hell are you suppose to get apple 2FA on windows if Sarfari isn't on windows.
this news solidifies it as how the hell are you suppose to get apple 2FA on windows if Sarfari isn't on windows.
Maybe Apple will switch to this method for two-step-verification instead of pinging all of my devices on a sign in?