Am I missing something about the usefulness of Safari-suggested strong passwords?

I do want to be secure. So when Apple started suggesting strong passwords whenever I needed to enter a new one, I was ecstatic and took it up on its offers. But soon my happiness faded - the first time I needed to access a web site I had protected with Apple's suggestion from a Windows PC at work. I didn't know the password and, of course, it wasn't getting filled in for me on a non-Apple device. Even had I known back then that I can find the password in my iPhone's Settings->Passwords, it would have still been rather tedious entering such a long password without mistakes (especially since most web sites don't show you what you entered). I gave up and continued to use my own set of passwords.


Recently I found another shortcoming: when an app sends you to a web site to reset your password, that app doesn't get to know the Strong password you accepted from Safari on that Web site! So even without involving a non-Apple device, strong passwords are way too cumbersome to use (but at least you can use copy/paste).


So is anyone actually using those strong passwords suggested by Apple and, if so, how do you deal with the above two scenarios?


I had high hopes when passkeys were introduced recently. But I don't see anyone other than the major players (Google, Amazon, FB?) implementing them - at least not yet.

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Mar 29, 2024 11:20 AM

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Posted on Mar 29, 2024 11:48 AM

All good points. For cross-platform password management you are better off with a 3rd party password vault, such as 1Password. Here is some excellent guidance on how to choose one→https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-password-managers/


And yes, Passkeys are better when available, and the best security is with hardware security keys→https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-security-keys/. But, as you have discovered, only major players are using either, so far.

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Mar 29, 2024 11:48 AM in response to tjwolf

All good points. For cross-platform password management you are better off with a 3rd party password vault, such as 1Password. Here is some excellent guidance on how to choose one→https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-password-managers/


And yes, Passkeys are better when available, and the best security is with hardware security keys→https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-security-keys/. But, as you have discovered, only major players are using either, so far.

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