OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock

Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock by dcosson on Monday June 13, 2016 @04:45PM (#11897470)

I use iOS and a password manager, and maybe 5-10% of apps I use have an integration for it (and I place the blame on Apple for this, imo if they actually care about user security as much as they want everyone to believe they do, they should have an app store review policy that forbids having a password field without using the password manager extension).

Anyway, the effect is that almost every time I sign into an iOS app, I'm copy & pasting my password into the password field. So now my passwords will all be synced via bluetooth and/or to icloud whenever I sign into an app.

At this point, is using a password manager actually less secure than just re-using the same password everywhere like everyone else does?

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Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock by joelg236 on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:07PM (#11897657)

Your alternative is simply copy-pasting without using the system clipboard (old-fashioned style). I imagine there's a lot less attack vectors by doing it that way, at a small time cost.

Is there no option for a "local only" clipboard with this?

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Re:OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock by motti on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @08:53AM (#11901659)

We at CopyCopy (a cross-platform cloud clipboard) solve this problem by only universally copying stuff that you copy twice.

So:

copy once -> not sent to cloud/devices

copy twice (or click floating button) -> sent to all your devices and cloud account

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