How to turn off Strong Password Suggestions on iPhone

Cocosoy29 wrote:

Same here, this is so freaking stupid. Apple, please fix your iOS.

As previously noted, Apple isn't reading here for feedback or suggestions. If you want them to know your feelings, use the feedback link already provided.

That’s not a solution. The whole point of the key chain is to login in on all

my devices without entering passwords for every site and app anytime I create new passwords (requirement for many apps randomly).

Thanks for the advice though.

They just need to remove this period!!!

yes, PLEASE Apple — simply add a preference/setting which allows the user to change the default for password creation. i ALWAYS use my own. while you're at it, how about creating a modern day "MacPaint", simply call it "Paint" for the "rest of us" who don't wish to subscribe to Adobe Photoshop. to many of us, it seems crazy to not offer a Paint app which originally introduced us to Macintosh.

While some apple reps may read this forum for their personal use, Apple reps have no authority over content. They take instruction and are told what to say, and what not to say, and do not provide feedback. I LOVE the fact that it generates secure passwords. I’ve even used the link to thank Apple for this valuable feature.

well, i guess i'm just hoping to spread the idea for a MacPaint redux. the more Mac users get turned on to the idea, the more clamoring for it might ensue. so i just decided that every time i post on an Apple forum, and/or communicate with an Apple rep (say even for iPhone support), i plan to pimp the idea... and really, it's a GREAT idea! ... come on, admit you like it! ;-)

regarding generating secure passwords, sure, it's a nice option. however, i developed my own pw system which always yields a "strong" or "very strong" rating, and i can remember them. either way, i personally remain convinced that such default options should always be available as a preference/setting... and it's not really complicated to do, yes?

infinityBBC wrote:

well, i guess i'm just hoping to spread the idea for a MacPaint redux.

You got what you want. It’s just called Freeform. It’s free. And it is much more capable than MacPaint ever was.

looked at it. can't figure out a use for it yet, but i'll keep trying. also can't find a paintbrush, or even many of the things MacPaint had, let alone many of the capabilities other basic paint apps have. kind of odd Apple calls it "Freeform" when there doesn't seem to be a freeform painting tool... unless they have hidden it somewhere...? but i'm glad someone likes it! 8-)

infinityBBC wrote:

i believe i have. i was also under the impression that some Apple reps read these forums. and really, Macintosh users *ought* to care. have a wonderful day! 8-)

I very much care about the strong password suggestions. I think it's excellent.

thanks again Lawrence, but i just checked and found this:

Product Feedback

Apple does, however, welcome your feedback regarding many areas of Apple’s existing business. If you want to send us feedback, we request that you use the forms located at www.apple.com/feedback, where you can choose from the many listed areas for your feedback. Please provide only specific feedback on Apple’s existing products, services and marketing strategies using those forms; and do not send or provide any submissions other than using those forms.

... so i'll have to contact Apple and ask if there is any official way to make such suggestions. otherwise with no other alternative, i suppose i'll just keep posting the suggestion on the user forums. thanks & have a great one! 8-)

That’s great as long as you don’t frequent websites (military) and others that are finicky and have extra layers of protection. Apple doesn’t recognize the formats and it automatically populates a password suggestion and saves it. Also try have an elderly person trying to make or save password. Until you experience it you won’t understand. Everyone isn’t equipped for this tech behavior. If one can’t make their own secure passwords that’s a personal issue.

That’s my opinion.

I have complained to Apple.

I disagree. It does not always work as intended. I frequent many accounts that get confused as they have extra layers of security on their own site and Apple insists on populating new passwords even though I already have one autofilled and it overrides it. I have to use CHROME to stop this behavior. I want Autofill and want it to ask (it used to work). I do not need it to automatically advise what Apple thinks I should use or to change what I'm using. And what do you do with an elderly person who needs autofill only to have it suggest a new one and they don't know how to override? Again it does not work as intended unless the intent is to aggravate customers and have them use Chrome.

i agree with you khimi. i just submitted Safari Feedback about the matter, requesting they make it a user option to default whichever way one prefers.

i wish Apple had a better method of user suggested feature enhancements for software it already offers like some other companies do, by allowing the user community to vote up or down on them.

I wish I knew the answer I just wanted to chime in and agree that it is SO ANNOYING to have to click out of the strong password suggestion a million times. It is so obvious they are trying to force you to depend on apples strong passwords so that you have to stay with Apple and it is having the opposite effect- I’m ready to leave completely

I also wish disable the feature. I gave it a go, it’s a good idea in theory, but in practice it’s actually just a nuisance. Three different times when I used the feature the suggested password was not saved to my keychain. I’ve had this issue when I create the password myself. Through ten years of using iPhones, Safari never once failed to add my website registration details to the keychain until I used the ‘suggested’ feature.

We really need this feature where it can be disabled. I want to enjoy everything else, but a recommend password I’m never going to use. Trying to fill in stuff on a website and the company code box keeps erasing the prefilled code with a lovely 64 character password. This is just so handy right now I couldn’t imagine ever using it when it’s already annoying and I’ve never used it.