Re: ? 1Password

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: ? 1Password
Date	2016-10-22 18:21 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2016-10-22 13:58, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2016-10-22 11:50, Doc O'Leary wrote:
>>>> For your reference, records indicate that glawrie
>>>> <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The first is the ability to store other information beyond
>>>>> passwords - so things like credit card numbers, and 'secure notes'
>>>>> that are very handy for keeping track of 'security questions' and
>>>>> the like - not only are they held fairly securely, they too are
>>>>> available across devices / browsers etc.  Which is I find quite
>>>>> helpful.
>>>>
>>>> This is also easily done on the Mac by creating a Secure Note in
>>>> Keychain Access.
>>>
>>> 1Password in browsers goes for a lot of convenience.  eg: no copying and
>>> pasting.  Just CMD-\ and the field is filled (or if the 1P session has
>>> expired, then 1 password to open it again and fill the field).
>>
>> Same goes for iCloud Keychain and Safari. Typically the name and password
>> are automatically filled in once you load the page.
>
> Which is great except I don't like Safari very much.

I like Safari. It's good to have alternatives though. Without
competition, I doubt Safari and iCloud Keychain would be as good as they
are. : )

>>> Some sites don't work well with 1 Password and copy/paste is required -
>>> not many though.  Occasionally a site won't even allow a paste and a
>>> manual copying is needed.  Tedious.
>>
>> Some web sites go out of their way to try to prevent credential fields
>> from being saved or filled in. Utterly stupid of them to do so as it
>> only makes the problem worse for end users.
>
> Yep.  I don't recall what site but they replied to my plea with "I get 
> you, my colleagues get you - but the security manager is set in his 
> ways."  I asked for his e-mail but didn't get it.

Silly people...

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                Re: ? 1Password Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 19:10 +0000
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                Re: ? 1Password Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 20:28 +0000
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                Re: ? 1Password Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 20:51 +0000
                Re: ? 1Password Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-22 16:59 -0400
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  Re: ? 1Password Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-22 13:32 -0400
    Re: ? 1Password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-22 19:59 +0000
      Re: ? 1Password Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-22 16:11 -0400
        Re: ? 1Password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-23 15:59 +0000
          Re: ? 1Password Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-23 12:28 -0400
            Re: ? 1Password nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-23 13:12 -0400
              Re: ? 1Password Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-23 14:06 -0400
                Re: ? 1Password Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-23 21:21 +0000
                Re: ? 1Password Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-23 17:57 -0400
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