• totallynotarobot@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Isn’t that what password managers are for? People don’t store credentials in browsers, not sure why they’d start for passkeys when password managers are rolling out support.

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      11 months ago

      People don’t store credentials in browsers

      Yes they do - every browser asks users if they want to remember the password they just entered. Many people say yes, I do too for most cases - it is very convinient.

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          11 months ago

          I believe you can set up a general password that you have to enter before you can see your other passwords in plain text. Unless I’m mistaken.

          Either way, it’s not the default

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            11 months ago

            If they are visible in plain text without a master password, then it’s not very relevant. I just tested this on my work laptop with a shared key I have stored in there and it didn’t require any master password, nor was I prompted to set one up when I originally installed chrome three months back.

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        11 months ago

        Trust issues aside, do you use the same browser for every task on every device? What do you use to generate your passwords?

        Genuinely asking, this is wild to me. This would be like allowing location or desktop notifs from a website.

        Edit: downvotes are weird. Fuck me for asking a question I guess? Would be more useful if y’all explained yourselves (and thanks to the one dude who apparently does use only one browser - cool that this works for you)

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          11 months ago

          The browser will auto generate passwords for you. Along with cross device browser sync, you pretty much never see them

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          11 months ago

          Personally for me, I use different browsers or at least different browser profiles for different uses - e.g. Work, personal, financial, etc.

          I use KeePass for sensitive passwords, the browser’s password manager is good for general stuff.

          Most people I know who don’t really care about tech don’t do any of this and use whatever they’re offered.