![]() ![]() Account numbers, credit card information, answers to memorable questions, membership information. Some password managers will store other private data in addition to passwords. You don’t have to change your passwords to use a tool like this, the more you use it the more benefit you get. This database-based approach has several benefits, the most notable being that if you already have a load of accounts, you can incrementally fill up the database over time. Probably the most common approach is to use some software that stores your passwords for you*. There are multiple apps of each type available for Sailfish OS, so let’s now dig in and take a look at each of these categories separately.Ĭollection 2400×1135 236 KB Database-based Password Managers To try to make sense of all the different password managers, we split the apps into three different categories: Database-, Hash- and One-Time Password- based approaches. Here we look at which are available for Sailfish OS, and which other approaches Sailfish OS has to offer. But there are also plenty of free alternatives. There are plenty of online services that will help with this, some will even ask for money to do so. There’s also much more acknowledgement that using complex passwords is more important than using memorable passwords.Īs a result, people are turning to password managers to help negotiate the password assault course. For example it’s now widely understood that using the same password across multiple accounts is bad practice, and that the torment of periodically enforced password changes does more harm than good. Password hygiene has come on leaps and bounds over the last few years. Biometric, token-based and multi-factor authentication are all becoming increasingly common, but still the most widespread authentication technique in use is passwords. We all have to deal with authentication on a daily basis. Energy from the Community Password Managers We’re always interested to hear good ideas about how to make password management easier. If you have, then please share what you do in the comments, especially if it’s one we haven’t covered here. If you’ve not yet chosen your preferred password management method, maybe this will help you upgrade your password approach. At the end you’ll find a table summarising the features of each of the tools. So in this newsletter, rather than picking out four unrelated apps to look at, we’ve scoured the Jolla Store and OpenRepos for password tools that we think might be useful. Choosing the right one can be a bit of a minefield. In theory, it should be the perfect device for managing passwords.īut when I started to look into it, I realised how many apps there are available for managing your passwords on Sailfish OS. Not only do we need to use passwords on our phones all the time, but our phone is also a very personal device, already contains private data, and we’re likely to have it with us more often than not. ![]() It set my mind thinking about how Sailfish OS can help users to manage their own passwords. One from lolek asking about implementing picture passwords on Sailfish OS, the other from rinigus asking about alphanumeric passwords for encrypted storage. Subscribe to future posts here Sailfish OS update from JollaĪt the most recent community meeting there were two interesting questions related to authentication.
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