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

  • Bear
    link
    fedilink
    English
    392 years ago

    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.

    • Dandroid
      link
      fedilink
      English
      2
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      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]
        link
        fedilink
        English
        72 years ago

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

      • Liam Galt
        link
        fedilink
        English
        32 years ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      32 years ago

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

    • @ForgetReddit
      link
      English
      22 years ago

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

    • @kramo
      link
      English
      2
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      deleted by creator

    • @thehatfox
      link
      English
      12 years 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.

  • Gabriel Martini
    link
    English
    92 years ago

    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.

    • Braseiro 🇵🇸
      link
      fedilink
      32 years ago

      @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]
        link
        fedilink
        22 years ago

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

        • Gray
          link
          English
          12 years ago

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

    • Nix
      link
      fedilink
      English
      22 years ago

      Why do you need a vpn to access your vault?

      • Gray
        link
        English
        12 years ago

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

  • @muertinez
    link
    English
    52 years ago

    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

    • @thehatfox
      link
      English
      32 years 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.

  • @techgearwhips
    link
    English
    52 years ago

    I’ll stick to the Keepass ecosystem in my devices

  • @DrinkBoba
    link
    English
    52 years ago

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

  • @TORFdot0
    link
    English
    42 years ago

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

  • Rhapsody
    link
    fedilink
    32 years ago

    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).

    • @CoggyMcFee
      link
      12 years ago

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

  • @SnowGlobal
    link
    English
    22 years ago

    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.

    • @kramo
      link
      English
      2
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      deleted by creator

      • @SnowGlobal
        link
        English
        12 years ago

        Dang, that kills my use case since I can only install software on my PC from my org’s internal App Store. Too bad Apple still requires this and it can’t be just the Edge extension.