Managing passwords can be tricky if you have several accounts to keep in mind. Having the same password for everything is not ideal, and saving them through notes might not be safe, which is why password managers are the next best thing. Soon enough, Apple might release its own version that works across its devices.
Apple's Password Manager
Account credentials are among the most important information we have to keep in mind since we won't be able to access accounts otherwise. On top of using several variations, we also have to keep them as complicated as we can to prevent bad actors from guessing them.
It's not uncommon to forget your passwords, and you'll either have to go through the process of account recovery or lose it permanently, but that can easily be resolved with a password manager, and Apple is reportedly releasing its own app.
Aptly called "Passwords," the tech giant might reveal the app at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference event this week, as mentioned in The Verge. It will work across devices like iPhones, iPads, Macs, Vision Pros, and even Windows PCs.
All the information will be stored in the iCloud Keychain, all of which will be categorized differently under Wi-Fi networks, accounts, and passkeys. In addition to that, it can also generate passwords like other existing password managers.
If it were to be released after the WWDC 2024, it is expected to be included in the iOS 18 update, as well as iPadOS 18 and macOS 15. While it does extend to Windows PCs, it's still unknown whether it would include Android devices.
For the devices that it can work on, it is speculated to be able to autofill credential fields for usernames, emails, and passwords, as well as create authentication codes. If so, then it might become the preferred password manager.
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It Could Be Safer
Apple is known for its security and privacy features. That has been evident through the years which is why it makes sense that the iPhone maker is creating a password manager of its own. Since it hasn't been released yet, we are yet to see how good it actually is.
Still, it might be worth trying out considering how other password managers have already been breached by bad actors before. LastPass, for instance, which is a popular and widely used password manager, suffered an attack back in August 2022 which continued for months.
By December 2022, LastPass announced that customer data was significantly compromised, as mentioned in Cybersecurity Dive, as the hacker copied a cloud-based backup of customer vault data, affecting most of the company's customers.
LastPass CEO Karim Toubba said that he accepts the criticism and takes full responsibility for the incident back in March 2023. He mentioned that end-user master passwords are not stored by LastPass, which means they were not included in the exfiltrated data.
