alt Hacker Newsn00b question I guess but what is the value of a standalone password manager? Seems like most browsers and operating systems offer this capability nowadays.
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dgellow • today at 7:56 AM
To not be tied to a single machine or OS
n00b question I guess but what is the value of a standalone password manager? Seems like most browsers and operating systems offer this capability nowadays.
To not be tied to a single machine or OS
1Password offers a lot more functionality than, say, Apple Passwords.
Apple Passwords will store a user/pass combo for a site. That's it, feature list over.
1Password will let you configure how those things autofill, it provides an `op` CLI that you can use with service account tokens, you can store stuff like photos of your passports and licences, it understands 'Sign in with GitHub', it has per-user access per vault for shared accounts, you can add any number of extra fields to each entry, it integrates directly with Claude, it monitors your passwords against Haveibeenpwned, it'll tell you where you could be using 2FA and aren't … and the list goes on.