This is welcome. Central password management really should be an OS feature. Drives me crazy that every browser I use has a different credentials store and sync service.
Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
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#63I don’t quite understand how this will be different from what built in iPhone password manager. Something I’d really like: let my iPhone act as a Bluetooth (obviously encryption will be necessary!) or USB keyboard, and have it hold my passwords/type them. That way I could keep my passwords all in one place, and manage them locally. Currently I use keepass when not on iOS, which is fine, but I don’t really want to hav…
The offline device with a plugin usb keyboard that "types" in your username and password is exactly what i've wanted forever. There are some devices people have made and posted online. I made a POC with an old android phone once but never got past that stage. I investigated the bluetooth encryption and it didn't really seem up to the task. You could create a dongle that lived on wifi though that would do the same.
A dedicated device would be nice and, actually, keeping your passwords on something that never even has to touch the internet would be ideal. But my phone already has a nice big touchscreen to make it easier to pick a password. Reusing an old device could work but that’s limited.
Re: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
#64It's good to see that 1Password is staying several steps ahead here to avoid being "Sherlocked" by Apple. The new SSH key manager feature is an example of something Apple's unlikely to address for years, if ever. https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/manage-keys/
I really tried to like their new non-native app, and if it works well I could probably live with it, but it was so buggy and glitchy, even to the point where browser auto-fill often just... wouldn't. That's a basic feature. I switched to iCloud Passwords a few months ago and I'm very happy with the product. Looks like this Passwords app is a nice new GUI over the top of that same database.
1P has some wonderful work-oriented features we use constantly. I don't like the direction it's going for personal stuff.
Re: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
#65I don’t quite understand how this will be different from what built in iPhone password manager. Something I’d really like: let my iPhone act as a Bluetooth (obviously encryption will be necessary!) or USB keyboard, and have it hold my passwords/type them. That way I could keep my passwords all in one place, and manage them locally. Currently I use keepass when not on iOS, which is fine, but I don’t really want to hav…
Re: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
#66It's good to see that 1Password is staying several steps ahead here to avoid being "Sherlocked" by Apple. The new SSH key manager feature is an example of something Apple's unlikely to address for years, if ever. https://developer.1password.com/docs/ssh/manage-keys/
It's almost double the price per user so my company switched to Bitwarden.
We're a Mac shop and if Apple can make it even more affordable then we would definitely consider switching again.
Re: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
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#68For this to catch on it needs to have a Chrome app - that's the only way employers let you use a password manager
Re: Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
#69Pointless if it doesnt have cross platform. Apple devices already basically have a password manager, the main reason more people don't use it it is because it doesnt also work on android or windows, not because it's not a standalone app called Passwords.