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A comment on Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'glitch'. Parent comment

Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by chrischen on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:01PM (#16990389)
Everyone should be using a password manager. You can't really trust the average joe to be able to make secure passwords for the potentially dozens or hundreds of sites and services, and even if they do, they probably use just one secure password for everything.

I just wish there was more seamless support for apps to use 1Password to paste in passwords. There are still sites that prevent pasting into password fields!

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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by peteretep on Thursday May 03, 2018 @08:59PM (#16991380)
I have this fantasy that Apple starts rejecting App submissions that don't allow use of a password manager.
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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by chrischen on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:00PM (#16991675)
It's not that they don't allow the use, it's that they don't have a convenient 1Password icon next to the password field. I've noticed some apps have that. Not sure if it requires some specific integration or some open protocol.
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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by gergles on Friday May 04, 2018 @12:15AM (#16992142)
The password manager integration is a public standard. More annoyingly, though, apps can also find out if you've pasted into a field and then immediately clear it (some rinkydink banking apps do this.) So it's a 2-pronged problem.
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