I want to be able to download a full list of all my passwords so I can sell my Mac. Right now I only keep it around so I can look up old accounts I may need in the future.
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macOS Monterey Features Dedicated Password Section in System Preferences, Built-In Authenticator and More
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On top of that an encrypted cloud is important to me as I could imagine that I might be somewhere and lost my passport/wallet/cpap prescription/... and can easily show the doctor/merchant/customs/... a picture of said document in an emergency. Not very useful if its all stored at home.
Often times when people say stored at home or hosted locally, that doesn't necessarily mean that the information isn't on the device one is using. It simply means that said person is't using a third party server to host the information as is the case with most password management apps.
For the average person syncing across multiple devices including spouses can be complicated and in many cases out of sync.
And really when you divide up the 1password subscription fee amongst the family it's a pretty cheap per person cost.
OK, OK. You guys convinced me to use the 2 factor Authorization. I just hope I'm not prodded every time I start my computer or turn on my iPhone. I really don't need it for my iphone, I just use it as a GPS. There is nothing personal or financial on it
The only time you will be asked is when you are signing into your account on a new device, or one where you signed out of iCloud and signed back in. Normal day to day usage doesn't trigger the code request.
Make sure you have more than one trusted device to receive the code. It doesn't have to be an Apple device. It can also be a landline. You don't want to get locked out.
If there is no way they would figure out my Apple ID or Computer Log in password , would 2 factor prevent them from hacking my financial accounts even if they can't figure out my Apple ID?
I also don't like this:
Can I turn off two-factor authentication after I’ve turned it on?
If you already use two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off.I also don't want to use iCloud but it got turned on after the last OS Upgrade.
I don't like this controlling action from Apple, I find it creepy and annoying
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And you know for sure nobody has installed screen watching software on your computer and that you or somebody in your family has not clicked on of those emails that sends you to a page that looks like an authentic login page.
Or you can “keep in dock” and it’s just one click away. The option to show in menu bar doesn’t seem to be an option anymore.
I appreciate the follow-up.
In regards in KeyChain, Apple really doesn't make it easy to peruse the entries and possibly prune old entries no longer needed, or ascertain if some are valid, in my opinion. I have several listed as unknown and other tokens that are dates and not sure if they are duplicates or if each one is valid. That is a big plus for separate password managers. It makes it easy to keep things neat and update to date.
And it doesn’t, Apple does not ask for the second factor when you connect from a trusted device using “sign with AppleID”, available at least on iPad and iPhone.
I'm the only one who uses my computer and I never click on links I don't know.
If a website is hacked, like Scripps was, would 2 factor offer any protection against that?
One thing hackers do is collect info about you from as many sites as possible.
For example all those trivia questions from Facebook/... about your first car or when you grew up are basically collecting DBs of password reset questions they then add this to data from hacked web sites. Eventually they might get enough to hack into a password reset.
It's not just one thing or installing virus software its all of it and its our job to fight back just as hard.
If you want to live without being vaccinated so to speak thats on you.
With Apple now embracing Authenticator codes, I really hope this means they’ll get on the bandwagon themselves and dump SMS for their business services like Apple Business Manager and others. SMS codes are unsafe for a variety of reasons, including unauthorized porting of cell numbers in order to get those codes (there are plenty of examples of folks on Comcast mobile losing their numbers because Comcast was using a stupidly simple default support PIN). I’d also love to see Apple allow standard auth codes instead of Apple ID trusted devices…
Perhaps. I don't have a huge problem with 2FA—it's basically a band-aid on passwords.
Yeah, I get it. I think it's just that the browser doesn't know you're on a trusted device without further info. It's just a browser on a Mac somewhere.
Yep. I use Firefox. Because it's multi-platform. Not connected to other IDs. And I prefer that it's also not tied to any of my Google, Apple, or Microsoft IDs.
Yes, but:
Can I turn off two-factor authentication after I’ve turned it on?
If you already use two-factor authentication, you can no longer turn it off.This is big "no" for me. The user should be offered the option to turn it off at any time.
Yes, you understand free wrong here.
1) When the software is open source, you have nothing to worry about because the code is available to the public to analyze and see if anything funny going on. You should be more worried about proprietary software.
2) There is free software made non-profits and donation based project out of care to the cause and society like FireFox, GIMP, VLC, LibreOffice, Debian Linux...etc .
The times you have to worry is when a corporate-for profit organization that is worth $2Trillion is giving you software for free like Google and Facebook.
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firefox lockwise works perfectly fine on macOS, android, linux or windows and does not tie me to some microsoft, apple or google ecosystem. i can sync my passwords between devices with firefox sync - personally i do not need any solution like this, which 100% is going to be apple devices only and a pain to sync to other devices.
Will the edge addon work on Mac as well? And does this also mean it will work on other chromium browsers? Not like the current iCloud extension which only works on windows.
I’d like to use brave/some chromium browser on my desktop for the plugins but safari on iOS, but I’m getting crazy from the fact I don’t have my keychain passwords filled in on my desktop and my desktop bookmarks on my phone.
I am using a password manager on iOS now, but iOS doesn’t let me automatically add a new password to the password manager upon signing up in safari. And macos doesn’t let me use keychain passwords on my desktopbrowser. I am kinda forced to choose one browser.
I’d like to use brave/some chromium browser on my desktop for the plugins but safari on iOS, but I’m getting crazy from the fact I don’t have my keychain passwords filled in on my desktop and my desktop bookmarks on my phone.
I am using a password manager on iOS now, but iOS doesn’t let me automatically add a new password to the password manager upon signing up in safari. And macos doesn’t let me use keychain passwords on my desktopbrowser. I am kinda forced to choose one browser.