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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Password managers have been a thing for like 20 years?

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

And services like firefox relay so yo don't have to give up your own email addres and can easily turn it off if it ends up on a spam list. For a service like Jellyfin a forum is the best way to go.

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

Not quite- I'd say they really became popular / usable around 10-15 years ago. In the early 2000s, people either used internet explorer, or opera.

Opera /chrome didn't support extensions until 2009.

NOT- saying they didn't exist, but, the idea of a browser-integrated password manager wasn't a huge thing back then, I don't believe.

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

I don't remember the year but I was using roboform quite some time ago, and keepass existed and I actually used something for years before that. Easily in like 2004. It doesn't have to (and I think better if it doesn't) plug into the browser. They used keyboards and tabs to input the info.