Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: ? 1Password Date: 22 Oct 2016 18:21:19 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <211020161230400988%bill@invalid.invalid> <2016102215020884447-gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> X-Trace: individual.net /PR/AOCsoo8liHmQkt/ifQX2WJIhZfz2nurkheNHY8r7VMJ5N7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:FKBqhgJ2cXObnWH41y3h5HsoPCw= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:95922 On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-10-22 13:58, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2016-10-22, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2016-10-22 11:50, Doc O'Leary wrote: >>>> For your reference, records indicate that glawrie >>>> 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... -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR