Re:Apple Passwords Deserve an App
by keyle on Monday March 27, 2023 @06:38PM
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>> 2. On Mac it's tied specifically to Safari. I use Safari a lot but if I'm in a different browser then my passwords are unavailable.
> Yeah, this is super fucking weird. You'd think this would be connected in some fashion to "keychain", but nope
No it's not. I don't want some exotic product connect to a domain I have passwords in and prompting me for access. The password should be tied to the product you used to login with.
This is a misunderstanding of keychain vs. lastpass. One is designed to remember "safari passwords" or any swift/cocoa application implementing keychain. One key feature is: once stored in Keychain this information is only available to your app, other apps can't see it.
Lastpass and other similar products are designed as a data warehouse / vault for you security items. From there, plugins in browsers etc. can take over.
I will totally agree with the fact that the GUI is frustrating at best.
> Yeah, this is super fucking weird. You'd think this would be connected in some fashion to "keychain", but nope
No it's not. I don't want some exotic product connect to a domain I have passwords in and prompting me for access. The password should be tied to the product you used to login with.
This is a misunderstanding of keychain vs. lastpass. One is designed to remember "safari passwords" or any swift/cocoa application implementing keychain. One key feature is: once stored in Keychain this information is only available to your app, other apps can't see it.
Lastpass and other similar products are designed as a data warehouse / vault for you security items. From there, plugins in browsers etc. can take over.
I will totally agree with the fact that the GUI is frustrating at best.