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I'm still waiting for a reason why I should use a dedicated password manager if I'm already using #Firefox for it - I have it on all my devices irregardless of platform, it autofills my password perfectly on the web, and even in-apps such as on my phone on #iOS. I always felt a bit _FOMO_ not using a dedicated password manager, whichever people often use/rave about, but so far I don't see the advantage of using them over what comes with Firefox.
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in reply to Mika

modulux
modulux
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I also don't see the point. I guess if one uses a different browser for some things, maybe, but I don't need it.
in reply to modulux

Mika
Mika
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I thought so too, but it doesn't help that I've never used a dedicated password manager so idk if using one really helps either in cases where one uses multiple browsers.

As it is in my case on desktop, for logins in Firefox, it autofills as expected. For logins outside of Firefox like in another browser or an app, I'll just fetch the credentials myself from Firefox.

On mobile, since I've enabled Firefox as one of my password manager (system-wide), logging in from anywhere on iOS incl browsers or apps, etc. autofills as expected from Firefox so it does not matter.

Not sure how different this is for dedicated password managers, esp on desktop.

in reply to Mika

modulux
modulux
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I haven't either but I assume it just fills no matter which browser you use. Still, since I pretty much always use Firefox for me that's not much of an advantage.
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Mika
Mika
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as far as I'm aware, it's not even as magical as that - and that how it works is you'd need to install said password manager's extensions on the browser you use for it to autofill on said browser. I could be wrong tho, it's just that I've seen extensions for these password managers on Chrome, Firefox, etc. so I assume that's what they're for.
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modulux
modulux
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Yep, that's right; you have to install the extensions. I guess with Firefox if you have the browsers linked the extension will autoinstall on all profiles, I assume Chrome does something similar.
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