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Baz
Dedicated Contributor
2 years ago

Clipboard, browser extension, or universal autofill for macOS web pages - which is safest

There's a bit of a discussion about this over at MacRumors (a 5 gazillion page thread about 1Password). The current side topic asks what is the safest way to enter credentials into a web page. I prom...
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1P_Evon
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2 years ago

Hello Baz, thank you for writing in. Here are a few articles regarding this information:

  • https://support.1password.com/1password-browser-security/
  • https://support.1password.com/mac-universal-autofill-settings/
  • https://support.1password.com/1password-security/#:%7E:text=Clipboard%20management.%201Password%20can%20be%20set%20to%20automatically%20remove%20passwords%20from%20your%20clipboard.%20This%20prevents%20anyone%20from%20gaining%20access%20to%20your%20data%20by%20pasting%20a%20password%20you%20copied%20and%20forgot%20about.%20It%20also%20means%20that%20tools%20that%20save%20your%20clipboard%20history%20don%E2%80%99t%20store%20your%20secrets.

I hope this helps.

-Evon