1Password barely works in safari if you use profiles. I’ve filed a bug in the past asking them to investigate and got back a boilerplate “try reinstalling” response. I don’t have the energy to chase down bugfixes in software I paid for. I’ll probably switch to this.
Wonder if it's going to be storing its data on iCloud in encrypted or unencrypted form?
Unencrypted form, or even encrypted where Apple gets to know the encrypted keys, would likely make this an attractive target for various groups (of both the good and bad varieties).
This will undoubtedly be a front-end to the existing iCloud Keychain password store. Details of how this works are explained in "Apple Platform Security":
I’ve mostly switched over to this over the past year already, from my previous password manager BitWarden. My only complaint is the current Safari/iCloud Keychain doesn’t support arbitrary fields like BitWarden or other password managers do. I often keep crucial info about accounts in such fields, but it’s not possible with Apple’s current implementation. Hopefully their new Password app will support it.
Yes, having a place to store security questions like whatever my favorite flavor of ice cream was 9 years ago (looking at you, United) would be nice and the main feature I missing now.
Newer versions of macOS have something in addition to Keychain Access, known as Passwords. In fact, when you launch the Keychain Access program it now asks if you want to use "Passwords" or "Keychain Access", the former opening what the parent speaks of, and the latter continuing to the legacy Keychain Access.
If this is decent, I’d probably switch. I loved 1Pass 7. Then they bloated it. I’ll give them that the SSH Agent is pretty cool, but there are alternatives to that.
I'm in the same boat. I've been using 1p for a long time, and I'm generally a fan and advocate because it's the best password manager I know of. But I would definitely switch if a better product emerges.
The experience has gotten really frustrating over the years. 1Password used to be a delight to use, now it's bloated and unbearably and inexplicably slow at times. I much preferred the native app over the current electron version. The browser extensions are finicky. I don't love that the only option is for 1p to host my vault for me, but whatever, I guess I trust them.
Since it doesn’t work on android it’s effectively an anti competitive lock in feature? We really need new antitrust laws and aggressive EU style enforcement
Please no. There are many alternative cross-platform password managers one can use instead. Please don’t make my software and devices suckier and harder to use to appease some EU bureaucrat.
What about Google asking you to use chrome each time you click on a link in gmail, or not letting you copy an address without being taken to maps when you search on your phone?
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Unencrypted form, or even encrypted where Apple gets to know the encrypted keys, would likely make this an attractive target for various groups (of both the good and bad varieties).
https://help.apple.com/pdf/security/en_US/apple-platform-sec...
Personally I plan to continue using BitWarden because it’s cross platform.
My guess is this app will be mostly just an extraction of that table from Settings.
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If this is decent, I’d probably switch. I loved 1Pass 7. Then they bloated it. I’ll give them that the SSH Agent is pretty cool, but there are alternatives to that.
The experience has gotten really frustrating over the years. 1Password used to be a delight to use, now it's bloated and unbearably and inexplicably slow at times. I much preferred the native app over the current electron version. The browser extensions are finicky. I don't love that the only option is for 1p to host my vault for me, but whatever, I guess I trust them.
You might want to try our modern, open-source, cross-platform alternative[1]
The self hosted server v1 will land in the next few weeks.
[1] https://saveoursecrets.com