How to turn off Strong Password Suggestions on iPhone

i remain unconvinced that the Apple execs care about what Apple users desire or need. but yes, i personally always attempt to do so. in fact, i did so (again?) just now.

thing is, IF Apple really cared about its user base, it would implement a vote up/down construct for its users, as some other software companies do. i bet this issue of merely & simply allowing a preference/setting for users to turn the AutoSuggest OFF would be voted up greatly.

also notice how Apple only really makes it easy to give feedback about current products, but not for greatly needed products (like a "Paint" for the 21st century... you know, like MS Windows offers its users, and like Apple initially offered its users when Jobs ran the company).

infinityBBC wrote:

thing is, IF Apple really cared about its user base, it would implement a vote up/down construct for its users, as some other software companies do. i bet this issue of merely & simply allowing a preference/setting for users to turn the AutoSuggest OFF would be voted up greatly.

Historically, Apple has appeared to operate on the assumption that they know better than users what users need. Based on their success, they may not be incorrect. They definitely have not been big on giving huge numbers of options as that does tend to make for a more cluttered, more confusing interface.

Some people like the way Apple does things. Some people don't. That's why there's Android, and Windows and Linux, et al.

well, when your competition is Windows, the bar is greatly minimized. ;-) regardless of opinions, it appears on this issue the users know best. no doubt most don't even bother to suggest a remedy, they just perform the extra clicks like most of us do.

shall we somehow take a poll as to whether or not most Apple Macintosh users would prefer having a Paint app? because i recall seeing many posts in the past asking why it doesn't while MS Windows does. is there a method of doing such a poll? i'm just curious... perhaps there is a way...?

infinityBBC wrote:

shall we somehow take a poll as to whether or not most Apple Macintosh users would prefer having a Paint app? because i recall seeing many posts in the past asking why it doesn't while MS Windows does. is there a method of doing such a poll? i'm just curious... perhaps there is a way...?

From the Terms of Use (to which we all agreed when we signed up here):

Do not post polls or petitions or links to the same.

Apple Support Communities Use Agreement - Apple Community

so then, since such constructs for user feedback are prohibited here and not offered officially, it does appear as though my previous supposition may be correct, in that Apple could care more about its user base. 😉

thankfully, many here have posted in Safari feedback regarding the option for turning off the password suggestion feature. it would be wonderful if we could view all the suggestions & even vote on them. other than emailing the CEO, if you know of a method for the user base to make such a suggestion, please let us know if there is a best way of doing so. thank you! ♾️😎

Please make an update to give the option “do not ask again” for the suggest sting password pop up. It’s a huge PIA. Apple already has my password stored but now I have to manually enter my passwords bc of this pop up.

I literally cannot make my own password on this one account right now. When I click "Choose my own password" and then go to the next field to reenter it, it keeps replacing BOTH fields with the strong password. There is no way to circumvent.

I think you may have missed the point. People are saying that they do not want the suggestion. When someone is given something that they don't want over something they do want, it is irritating for them to keep going through a process every single time, rather than simply avoiding the process. When you are getting your coffee in the morning, and they automatically put milk in it without asking, would you accept the answer "what's the problem? The system works as it is. Just remember to tell them you don't want milk, so they dump it and make you a new one"?

"Viewing and voting on other people's suggestions is not a feature that is offered." -- fully understood. that's why i said, " it would be wonderful if we could view all the suggestions & even vote on them.". i believe i have already made that suggestion as well, however, i've not yet found a good "catch all" for making general suggestions, not relative to a particular "app", other than writing the CEO. i hope this helps clear up my apparent miscommunication. 😎

in a previous comment i posted: "other than emailing the CEO, if you know of a method for the user base to make such a suggestion, please let us know if there is a best way of doing so. thank you! ♾️😎"

"such a suggestion" is referring to issues where an "app" and/or "OS" is not relative. for example, this concept i would like to suggest, "it would be wonderful if we could view all the suggestions & even vote on them."

the lack of a password suggestion default in Safari or system password issues are fairly obviously to be directed toward the most relative app. however, Apple doesn't seem to offer (unless i missed it) a conduit for *general suggestions* not specific to either an app or the OS. for example, a way to vote on suggestions from the user base, or suggestions for sorely missing apps which the user base has often requested (ie: "Paint").

so besides sending such a suggestion to the CEO of Apple which you feel is not going to accomplish much, how would you suggest a user does so? thank you for your advice! 😎

as you can see, many of us users agree 100% that the way Apple implemented this feature for password suggestions without offering a preference (or setting) to never suggest is poor. so please make sure to go to the feedback page for Safari & suggest Apple fix this issue... and yes, it NEEDS fixing because it's broken ("broken" = Windows-esque). ;-)

His solution is supposed to work for everytime u try to sign in for that specific app/website. So no, in the long run it’s not faster to just click the “use my own password.” This is supposed to fix it so it doesn’t show up again. This is all just a huge pain in the ***

DeepFriedBaby wrote:

It’s the most useless feature. Suggests a flipping password I will never remember. What if I’m on a PC or a different device.

The password record is stored in your keychain and you can then access it from any Apple device that shares the same Apple ID. For non-Apple devices, you can look up the password in Settings>Passwords on your iPhone and copy it down.

Horrible feature. On one insurance website, you have no choice but to use the strong password, because the site JavaScript is looking at the password field and does not allow the chance for one to do anything. I open login up, go to the password field, and safari immediately pastes in a strong password *and locks the field!!*

Apple - you need to make this feature optional, and NEVER lock editing of the field. I never use it and it gets in the way all the time.

DeepFriedBaby wrote:

I said PC. Windows computer. What if I'm on a shared device. It's a terrible idea. Yea, let me write on paper a 27 character password when i go weeks without needing to hand write anything.

As I noted in the post to which you are replying, the data is stored on your iPhone and you can look at it there. If you don't have an iPhone, I think you're in the wrong forum.