12/27/2023 0 Comments Macpass upgradeNo, I have not commented anything about that anywhere. What is “less tech savvy users”? You are posting on the KM forum, so maybe I can assume that you are able to build a basic KM macro, and that you understand what you are building. For example a simple GUI macro that checks for a window title and clicks a particular button if that window is on screen. If you can do that, then no problem at all with MacPass.Īpplications like LastPass or 1Password try to integrate the “password entering experience” seamlessly with your browsing experience. There is the kdbx database that holds the data (passwords, logins, etc.).The basic mechanism of MacPass (or KeePassXC) is: MacPass (or similar programs, like KeePassXC) are not focussing on that aspect. If things go well, those associations will be created automatically.There is or there is not an association between a record of that database with - for example a web page.It’s you who provide the data to that database (not a web browser or such). If things are ambiguous you’ll have to held a hand, you’ll have to help the program. The advantage of that concept is that there is no vulnerable connection between the database and your browser. No Javascript, no Proxies, simple as that. The main connection between MacPass and the browser (or other apps!) is the so-called Autotype. The Autotype is a shortcut (by default ⌃⌥M) and basically it is like a little Keyboard Maestro macro: It takes the entries from the database (name and password), checks if there is any window with a corresponding name open, and if Yes, it types the credentials into the fields. It is obvious that this can fail: Page title does not match, URL is not parsable in a meaningful way, etc. So, with MacPass you must be prepared to lean it a hand:įor example, you notice that a password does not get filled in -> why -> find it out -> maybe the page title is not-unique, or it has changed since the last time, etc., -> but no major problem, since you can adjust all that. You see, MacPass is not maintenance-free.īut, a side effect of this “very unsophisticated way to transfer data” is that MacPass also works with logins of arbitrary programs, or even System logins. (1Password or LastPass will not do this and they never will.) In other words: It can also fill-in credentials in app logins, system logins or other non-web-releted instances. And I think this is the key to using it satisfactorily: Well, I’m using MacPass not as my “only solution”. I dare to say that 95% of my passwords are trivial. They are mostly logins to some web sites, forums, like this one, and whatnot. If one of those passwords is compromised, this is not a problem. (Of course, as long as you don’t use the same password for each and every site but that’s the whole point of password managers).
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