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Chromium browsers can install an iCloud Keychain web extensions with macOS Sonoma now

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is good, but a bit late for me. I already moved to Bitwarden for passwords and 2FA. I also don’t expect this to work on my Linux PC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

How is bitwarden for Android? I tried Roboform, and I could almost never get it to autofill passwords on Android. Eventually I just gave up on it completely.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Autofill on Android is just generally terrible. Password fields are basically never recognised.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Works really well in my experience. Every once in awhile something won't be recognized but no more than on desktop.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I would love this for Firefox

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I just exported my iCloud password into a csv file on a MacBook, then imported that file into Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed - I’m ready to bail on safari but don’t want to use chromium

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

The Keychain integration is done through a Chrome/Edge browser extension developed by Apple. Hopefully they will also port it to Firefox.

Apple has made an iCloud Bookmarks extension for Firefox which is still supported, so hopefully a Keychain extension will follow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good to know, Apple's security and privacy settings are good... giving the fact that they DON'T share any information that they harvest from you, which is a completely different thing than NOT harvesting at all. They like their customers data so much that they embedded encryption tools in their dedicated hardware design.

Regarding the Apple Password Manager, it is a good tool but ultimately I prefer to self host a solution agnostic to a company in which I hold no ability to speak or vote on their future. I recommend Bitwarden and a VPN (Wireguard) to access your vault.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@gabmartini @iwidji I really appreciate bitwarden but I’m not self hosting my own instance. I enjoy the fact that even without the needing to pay it’s multi device at the same time.

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

If Gabriel is hosting the password file at home e.g. then this requires a VPN to sync your data when out and about.

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

Port forwarding? Just put nginx in front of it or something, no VPN required.

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

Why do you need a vpn to access your vault?

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

Exactly, port forwarding + nginx or your proxy of choice for SSL and you’re done.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

need this and apple pay integration for firefox pls.

also whatever happened to that news about firefox and other browsers gearing up for non-safari based versions of ios apps? or did i misremember

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

iCloud Keychain integration in Sonoma is provided by an Apple developed browser extension, it's up to Apple to develop one for Firefox.

Mozilla said they were working on a Firefox port to iOS, but I don't suppose anything will be properly released until Apple opens iOS to third party software sources.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'll stick to the Keepass ecosystem in my devices

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Good for normal people, I use Bitwarden though and don’t intend on switching. This is a win for the masses however.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This has been the main thing keeping me from switching to keychain full time from Bitwarden. That and password syncing with a spouse

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good to hear for people that are tightly interwoven with Apple’s ecosystem and have been using it, more options is always good. I’ve personally been using 1Password on my Apple devices (which integrates nicely on iOS with Face ID and very well on my 2019 MBP with Touch ID).

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

I’m a big fan of 1Password also. I make good use of the shared vaults in my family account.

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

Will this work on only Mac, or can I install the extension on my work laptop Edge browser too? That would be essential for me to be able to use it cross platform.