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Q: web form password

1. What's the difference between web form passwords, application passwords and internet passwords. Why is a definition not easily available on the "help" screens.

2. Who's in charge? Keychain or Safari. If  ipad created the password, iphone doesn't recognize it. If imac created the password, iphone recognizes it but ipad doesn't. If you delete history and/or cookies on ipad or iphone they "forget" their passwords even though they exist in Keychain. If you delete keychain on ipad to re-install on ipad and theoretically pick up a fresh copy of Keychain from icloud, ipad  still doesn't "know" the password.

If you then manually type in the password on ipad, say for Google account, then it does remember it.

So who's in charge. One would suppose that the "master" keychain would be "cloud" server based and available to all devices, at least for refresh/reinstall purposes if not on a streaming bases but apparently not???

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 25, 2016 8:12 AM

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  • by babowa,Helpful

    babowa babowa Jun 25, 2016 8:27 AM in response to Lowoogie
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    Jun 25, 2016 8:27 AM in response to Lowoogie
    web form passwords,


    These are passwords set by the site you are visiting, such as a bank for instance. They make the rules for their own site. Some do not allow your browser to remember for safety/security reasons. Others do allow it so you can set your browser to auto-fill those.


    application passwords


    Not sure what you mean by app passwords unless you are referring to having to register your purchase?



    and internet passwords.

     

    And, again, not sure unless you are referring to having to sign on to your account with your ISP.

     

    If you delete the cookies, the sites you visit cannot remember you as it is the cookie that remembers the settings. That is the reason why you need to enter it again.

     

    It would help for you to be more specific and cite examples of what you are referring to.

     

    There is not one process that is "in charge". All in all, for very serious security reasons, it may be annoying, but is best for you to need to enter the password. If they are all auto-filled, then anyone picking up your device would be able to have access to things and sites they shouldn't and may steal your money and/or identity.

  • by Old Toad,Helpful

    Old Toad Old Toad Jun 25, 2016 10:19 AM in response to Lowoogie
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    Jun 25, 2016 10:19 AM in response to Lowoogie

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    Could this be what you're referring to regarding application passwords: Using app-specific passwords - Apple Support.

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  • by Lowoogie,

    Lowoogie Lowoogie Jun 25, 2016 10:33 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Jun 25, 2016 10:33 AM in response to Old Toad

    Good info. Thanks.

     

    In Keychain, there are stored, three "kinds" of passwords. "web form passwords", "application passwords" and "internet passwords". I'm asking if there is a definition of these passwords anywhere or if anyone knows what the difference is between them or how they are used.

     

    In addition, I would like to know if the passwords in Keychain are supposed to be accessible by all devices, in my case, iMac,iPhone and iPad and if so, what is the hierarchy of synchronization i.e., if I add, delete or modify a password on one device is that change available to the rest of the devices.