• richard_wagner@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Same, but I also use chrome a lot so I use chrome and apple.

    I’m always curious what the benefit of using a 3rd party password manager is over these tools that work just fine.

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      1 year ago

      Well the immediate disadvantage you are facing is that you have passwords stored in two places.

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        1 year ago

        Sure, but on iOS and MacOS Safari, at least, you can specify which store to choose your password from.

        So there’s only one extra step to fill in a password.

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      1 year ago

      The main benefit is being able to access passwords without using a web browser.

      For example, say you need to tell someone your credit card over the phone. With Safari you need to go into Settings > Auto Fill > Edit > unlock, and finally you need to click on the card number to view it. That’s a horrible process.

      With 1Password I can hit a global hotkey, you might use control-space for example, type ‘card’ and there it is. 1Password even has hotkeys to quickly copy the name/number/expiry/security code with a single key press (for each one).

      Another big advantage is most password managers have OTP support. Safari and Chrome do not.