![]() ![]() The best practice to keep your online account secure is to use an arbitrary combination of alpha-numerics as your password and use different passwords for different websites. Finally, you should never use a single password for multiple sites no matter how secure it is as if even a single account is hacked, all your accounts lie in jeopardy. You should also make a point to avoid using your birthday or your loved one’s names in different combination as they are easy to crack if you are a direct target of an attack. As I said, the first thing to do to secure your online account is to use a secure password and not something which can be accessed with a single web-search. While they won’t attack you personally, there’s no telling, when your name and information will appear in the bulk hacked accounts we hear in news every passing week. If you don’t want are already using the secure password protocols, you can skip the upcoming section and directly read the tutorial, however, if you are someone who is still using the “password” or “123456” as your password, it would do you good if you read the following section: A Brief Commentary on Passwords and SecurityĪ secure password is the first line of defense you can have against hackers and malicious operators who can be found a dime a dozen these days. Enabling Password Autofill in iPhone and iPad in iOSīefore we begin our tutorial, let’s have a little chat about passwords and what you should do make your online life secure. In this article, I am going to show you how you can enable this feature on your iPhones or iPads running on iOS 12 or later, and here is how you do it. This single feature can make your life so much easier. This means that users no longer have to move back and forth copying username and passwords and can log into any app or website with just one click. But there’s no indication that an Apple Passwords app is coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac anytime soon.One of my favorite features of iOS 12 is the new Password Autofill which uses the passwords saved in either your Apple Keychain or your choice of password manager to autofill passwords in Safari and apps. And plenty of people have been asking for a standalone password app - go read, John Gruber, and Six Colors. Reports that say iOS 17 will deliver nice-to-have features. iOS 17 could very well be the place to do it. ![]() There’s no telling if or when Apple will finally break out a Passwords app from the iPhone’s settings. And while the manager will serve passwords automatically in apps and websites, there are instances where I need to go into the app to retrieve and share a password for a shared family service. I absolutely don’t want to navigate the Settings app to get to passwords. I’m not using the current iPhone password manager because of the experience. That’s another reason to keep 1Password around even after an iPhone Passwords app becomes reality. And 1Password lets you save more data than logins, something Apple doesn’t necessarily have to copy. Yes, you can import and export passwords from one to the other. As a long-time 1Password user and fan, I’m not saying I’d ditch the third-party app in favor of Apple’s. Image source: Apple You won’t have to ditch 1PasswordĪs for savvy iPhone users who already use 1Password to save their passwords (and other sensitive data), a brand new iPhone Passwords app could come in handy. And you’ll have passkey support built into the iPhone, the password-less security standard that has just started rolling out.Īpple is introducing passkeys on iOS 16 and macOS Ventura. In this case you won’t care about username and password combinations. You can also use your Apple ID to sign into apps. It’s not just the password manager that protects you on iPhone. In time, iPhone users would get more comfortable using Apple’s full suite of security features. The current password manager already informs you if a username/password combination is at risk. IPhone users might start saving passwords to the new app and change the passwords that might have been breached in previous security incidents. They would check the app and its features, which might be enough to get them to overhaul their password security approach. By placing a Passwords app on the home screen, Apple will make people who still recycle passwords curious about the new app. ![]() The first category would be the biggest winners. Image source: 1Password An iPhone Passwords app would benefit Apple’s security and privacy marketing
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