[HN Gopher] Official Chrome extension to use iCloud Keychain Pas...
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       Official Chrome extension to use iCloud Keychain Passwords
        
       Author : aeontech
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2023-07-17 21:55 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (chrome.google.com)
        
       | scorxn wrote:
       | Check out Firefox if you need a cross-platform browser that syncs
       | passwords, etc. I use Windows, macOS, Linux, and iOS, and I've
       | found Firefox to be my best option.
        
         | jdalgetty wrote:
         | It's my go to password manager as well but unfortunately they
         | stopped updating it.
        
           | scorxn wrote:
           | The password management was reincorporated into the Firefox
           | app, and you can tell iOS to use Firefox as your password
           | manager. See bottom of https://support.mozilla.org/en-
           | US/kb/end-of-support-firefox-...
        
         | jachee wrote:
         | I want the one that stores the passwords securely in my
         | devices' secure enclaves whenever possible.
         | 
         | I also prefer the native OS browser without extra reskinned
         | chrome (not Chrome) wrapped around it.
         | 
         | Firefox can't do that.
         | 
         | Don't get me wrong, I like Firefox, but I _trust_ Apple more.
         | Also: Firefox can't afford to say no to the FBI.
        
           | Barrin92 wrote:
           | you don't need to trust Firefox, it's open source software,
           | and your user data is encrypted, they don't have anything to
           | hand out.
           | 
           | In 50 years they really need to do a case study on what on
           | earth Apple poured into the drinking water to provoke these
           | kind of comparisons.
        
             | sitzkrieg wrote:
             | i blame the marketing. i dont want to talk about the
             | historically unencrypted backups nulling so much of what
             | people thought from the ads, it might awaken sneak
        
           | arcanemachiner wrote:
           | I'm pretty sure the Firefox data is E2E encrypted. As in "If
           | you forget your password, your data is gone."
        
       | LionTamer wrote:
       | I believe this is only for Windows
        
         | Shank wrote:
         | macOS Sonoma (beta currently) allows it to work on macOS!
        
       | leesalminen wrote:
       | Anyone know if this exists for Firefox?
        
         | Alifatisk wrote:
         | Can't find any official extension for it
        
       | babyshake wrote:
       | If already using Chrome's built-in password feature, is there a
       | good reason to use this besides just wanting to use one FAANG
       | ecosystem versus another?
        
         | azinman2 wrote:
         | It's more geared for Apple users. I for one am really happy!!
        
         | sitzkrieg wrote:
         | depends on how much you believe apple marketing. but you're
         | right, theyre all advertising companies anyway
        
       | JohnTHaller wrote:
       | Hasn't this been out for a while? There are reviews going back to
       | Jan 2021.
        
         | manderley wrote:
         | The Windows version has been out for a while. Mac OS support is
         | new.
        
       | Jerry2 wrote:
       | I wish they would add Linux support. I use Linux and macOS almost
       | 99% of the time and don't use Windows. Please Apple, make it
       | happen.
        
         | rollcat wrote:
         | Make that two of us!
         | 
         | And OpenBSD support too, while at it. (Maybe just release the
         | source code for the native blob.)
        
       | Alifatisk wrote:
       | This is not new?
        
       | DIVx0 wrote:
       | I would really love to see an official "hide my email" extension
       | from Apple. I use this feature so much that I go out of my way to
       | use it since I don't use Safari and that's the only integration
       | for HME.
        
         | cj wrote:
         | I generated a "hide my email" forwarding address specifically
         | for my HN profile last weekend.
         | 
         | Not via a chrome extension, but it's pretty easy to generate
         | one on any Mac (maybe even iOS?) in system settings. You can
         | name the forwarding address to have different ones for
         | different uses
         | 
         | Edit: re-read your comment and sounds like you're already doing
         | this manually, like me. I agree it's a hassle and would love to
         | see a more native UX that doesn't involve opening system
         | settings
        
         | fieryskiff11 wrote:
         | Not really an Apple guy but this[0] came up first and its open
         | source, have you seen it?
         | 
         | [0]: https://github.com/dedoussis/icloud-hide-my-email-browser-
         | ex...
        
         | mynameisvlad wrote:
         | I have the same feature using 1Password and Fastmail.
         | https://1password.com/fastmail/
         | 
         | Bonus is that I use a separate subdomain of my custom domain
         | for disposable email addresses which means it never fails email
         | checks (some don't like disposable/temporary email domains).
        
           | endisneigh wrote:
           | Doesn't seem like a bonus. Your custom domain could just be
           | blocked wholesale. Hide my email uses iCloud, not a separate
           | domain. iCloud addresses probably won't be blocked as that's
           | the default email given for hundred million plus Apple
           | accounts.
        
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