Apple @lemmy.world doctorcherry @lemmy.ml 1y ago

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

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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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.
- 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.
  
  You can do a simple shortcut and add it to the Home Screen to access it with one tap:
  
  Open url:
  
  prefs:root=PASSWORDS (it’s case sensitive I think)
  
  And that’s it!
  
  I use Bitwarden, but privacyguides has a few recommendations here
  
  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.
  
  I’ve been using Bitwarden for years and I'm very happy with it. My partner recently moved to 1Password from Keychain and I haven't heard her complain, which is a good thing.
- If you use Windows, you can install iCloud Keychain for Windows to access keychain.
  
  https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2babf5e03/icloud
  
  and/or use the Chrome extension
  
  https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw76039ec0f/icloud
  
  This is a gamechanger I had no idea!
- 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.

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