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LPT: A random password is generated for you when manually adding an account to passwords/keychain on iOS (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sometimes when making accounts online the suggested password prompt doesn’t show up. Until now I had been using an online random password generator to make the password when the prompt is not available. I just found out that if I go to the passwords screen in settings an manually add an account the password field is pre-filled with a random password which is very convenient.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is such a good idea in theory but I don't want my passwords locked to one platform. This goes for practically all password managers. If I want to enter that password in Chrome on Windows, I don't want to painstakingly copy a 16 digit password made from random characters from my iphone's keychain.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Absolutely. Things have improved over the years, there is an official chrome extension for keychain that works on windows (although I’ve never used it so can’t comment on how well it works) it’s also possible to export your keychain database (although only using a Mac). The worst thing about keychain now is that, on iOS, it’s only accessible through settings which makes accessing 2FA codes a pain. I think keychain should be it’s own app.

Which password manager do you use? I am open to trying an alternative but having all my passwords in one place is really scary so I struggle to trust a third party.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I use Bitwarden, but privacyguides has a few recommendations here

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I’ve found 1Password to be head and shoulders above the other alternatives. I’ve been with them for over 12 years, never been let down.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah I don't want to enter long passwords either. But I don't really like external password manager like 1password, lastpass and bitwarden. So I stay with my ios password manager. It works pretty fine. I do save my passwords in my desktop browser for easier use.