The pw manager extensions (1password, lastpass etc) require a master password to open them, the "one password that rules them all".
Once open, the pw manager has a list of sites. You click on the one you want. It goes to the appropriate URL and fills in the required fields to log you into that particular site. -- Owen On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Robert Holmes <rob...@robertholmes.org>wrote: > I'm not grokking something then... I thought Barry's setup was automatic, > which is why he never had to enter his 20 character password? > On Apr 19, 2014 4:26 PM, "Owen Densmore" <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 3:15 AM, Robert Holmes >> <rob...@robertholmes.org>wrote: >> >>> >>> <snip> >>> I must admit, this is the one issue that has kept me from adopting >>> 1Password, LastPass etc. I'm lazy and I just know that at some point I >>> would hit the "Save this password?" button when prompted by my browser and >>> bang, there goes my security. >>> >> >> It doesn't work that way: the pw managers are extensions, thus the >> browser does not ask to save the super password, the one for 1P, LastPass >> etc. There's no way for it to be automatic. >> >> -- Owen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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