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The blog suggest using Chrome's password manager. I used MacOS KeyChain as my primary store and Chrome's password manager for my secondary store for years and finally gave up because KeyChain didn't work with Chrome or sync with anything (unless maybe I used iCloud) and Chrome only synced with and worked with Chrome and too often it didn't save passwords properly. For all other browsers, apps, or uses, Chrome password manager is useless.

Fortunately I could export Chrome to CSV and use some third party applescript to export KeyChain and import into KeePassXC. It's not perfect but it's better than the built in stuff.

Maybe W3C could standardize a protocol for password managers so we don't have this insane vendor lock in.




For what it’s worth, the keychain now syncs with iCloud and across all your Apple devices and it’s end to end encrypted by your system or phone passwords.

The password interface in iOS has improved a whole bunch (tells you about weak passwords, reused passwords, etc) but doesn’t support attaching a TOTP to an entry.

Which may or may not be a big deal now what everyone is moving to U2F etc.


Until Keychain works with Chrome, Windows and Android, I don't consider it a viable alternative.


> The blog suggest using Chrome's password manager

That's not what the article said


The conclusion says to use the browser and that the author uses chrome.


Close enough.




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