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End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by ruined »

well that's a little annoying. apparently this was published a few days ago and i guess we just all got the email.

they mention continued pm support for ios, but not android? is that discontinuing?

edit: android pm support is integrated too

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by ssivark »

imnotjames wrote: post #2

Ah, you got me by a minute to submit. This is a bummer but not surprising. There have been a number of outstanding bugs that were never addressed and releases were slowing down - even when github commits were getting backed up.

Please do elaborate. Also, does this leave users in the lurch, or will an updated Firefox satisfy all the use cases of Lockwise? Thanks.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by kbenson »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #4

I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in other Android apps, and now it turns out Firefox can do that directly.

The implication being that lockwise is discontinued because its use case has been subsumed by Firefox?

If so, that's a thankful addendum to this announcement.

Edit: yep, in settings, logins and passwords, there are two toggles, one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for web pages, and one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for other sites, which takes you to the Android password manager selection section.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by kbenson »

ssivark wrote: post #5
imnotjames wrote: post #2

Ah, you got me by a minute to submit. This is a bummer but not surprising. There have been a number of outstanding bugs that were never addressed and releases were slowing down - even when github commits were getting backed up.

Please do elaborate. Also, does this leave users in the lurch, or will an updated Firefox satisfy all the use cases of Lockwise? Thanks.

Current Firefox on Android supports prior lockwise use cases, from what I can see and what was reported in the comments here. You might have to toggle it on first though.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by tfehring »

kbenson wrote: post #6
JoshTriplett wrote: post #4

I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in other Android apps, and now it turns out Firefox can do that directly.

The implication being that lockwise is discontinued because its use case has been subsumed by Firefox? If so, that's a thankful addendum to this announcement. Edit: yep, in settings, logins and passwords, there are two toggles, one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for web pages, and one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for other sites, which takes you to the Android password manager selection section.

Yeah, and it sounds like the same will be true on iOS sometime in December. Not sure why they'd announce the discontinuation now instead of just waiting a few weeks until they have a drop-in replacement available, though I guess it is just for one platform.

Re: End of Support for Firefox Lockwise

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Post by hadrien01 »

That’s really a shame. I’ve installed Lockwise for my parents on iOS because it was the simplest way to use their Firefox passwords on the computer and on iOS devices. They don’t need something as complicated as Bitwarden or Lastpass, just a simple password manager. Sure, I can install Firefox on their devices, but that’s an icon more they won’t understand.

Can’t say I didn’t see it coming. Lockwise was full of bugs and hadn’t been updated for quite some time.

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