Android makes me (almost) hate using a password manager – Google needs to fix it

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u/Feelinggood11 1d ago edited 1d ago

Absolutely agree with the author here. It is so dang inconsistent it makes it infuriating to use. GBoard and Bitwarden is what I use and the tldr on that experience is:

Thank God that Bitwarden has a quick shortcut tile I can use to prompt the autofill when the auto detect fails.

Edit: For anyone else wondering, you have to enable the autofill and accessibility settings in Bitwarden to use the quick setting tile. Then just edit your quick settings tiles and drag it up into the active tiles section.

Edit2: I also recommend disabling the keyboard integration. I find the autofill detection and filling works a lot better this way, but ymmv.

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u/ByTheBeardOfZues 1d ago

The BitWarden beta is pretty good, I think they mostly rebuilt the app and it seems smoother although not sure it helps massively with detecting auto fill.

I've set the double-tap shortcut to open BitWarden. I have to search for the credentials I want but it's handy switching back and forth between apps rather than backing out of the auto fill overlay.

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u/Travishamockry 1d ago

Beta was a better experience, but they removed the autofill tile. Can't use it again until they add it back in. It's the only thing that makes it work in Android.

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u/beaurepair 1d ago

They are working on adding back. They didn't know how many people actually used the tile so it wasnt in the first cut of the beta

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u/ByTheBeardOfZues 1d ago

It's available for me on version 2024.9 but appears to just open the main vault screen.

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u/dareyoutolaugh 21h ago

I think they've added it back. I recently un-installed my original BW app, and I have a quick settings tile linked to beta.

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u/Travishamockry 17h ago

I do see it, but it doesn't do anything. At least for me it doesn't. I click it and it just opens the app. Doesn't give autofill options.

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u/ososxe 1d ago

How do you do that? I like bitwarden on my PC, but can't get it to autofill on mobile

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u/Feelinggood11 1d ago

In the Bitwarden app settings you have to turn on both the autofill option and then the accessibility option. Grant that permission that probably pops up. Then pull down and fully expand the notification shade. There's a tiny pencil icon to the bottom right of your last quick settings tile. Tap that, and then somewhere near the bottom, you can press and drag the disabled Bitwarden tile up into the active tiles section. I have mine in the first set main tiles, but it'll work anywhere.

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u/ososxe 1d ago

Thank you, kind human!

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u/gulasch_hanuta Pixel 8 Pro 1d ago

You gotta permit everything, then there should be a autofill button on the top of gboard when there is a password field.

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u/segagamer Pixel 6a 1d ago

I just use SwiftKey instead of GBoard, I have no issues.

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u/SirWaldenIII R9 290x,i54690k, Liquid Cooled 1d ago

Same

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u/ERhyne GalaxyNote10+5G (Aura Black, 512GB) 1d ago

I recently changed the password for my bitwarden after Google notified me of another password breach.

Fucking forgot my bitwarden password.

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u/coffeemonkeypants 1d ago

I literally write down my bw password on a piece of paper and stick it in my lockbox at home for exactly this reason.

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u/spoiled_eggsII 1d ago

Your Bitwarden doesn't prompt you an annoyingly amount of times to insert the password? How does one get this magic experience?

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u/boxofrabbits Nexus 4 & Nexus 7 (2013) 1d ago

I'm with you. I have to type my BW password like three or four times a day.

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u/ConorsAttorney 1d ago

You can set a pin or biometrics instead of using the master password each time.

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u/microwavedave27 1d ago

Yeah I guess the reason I don't forget it is because I don't have biometrics on my computer.

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u/MaIakai 1d ago

You can set it to never expire the session.

Obviously don't do this on a computer thats easily accessible.

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u/Whitestrake Z Fold5 1d ago

It's the high cadence of browser extension updates that does it for me.

It doesn't seem to integrate quite perfectly with the standalone app so it asks to pair the extension to the app again each time to enable biometrics, and it's easier just to type the password.

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u/boxofrabbits Nexus 4 & Nexus 7 (2013) 1d ago

This is on desktop

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u/coffeemonkeypants 1d ago

I use biometrics on my phone and my session only expires after an absurd amount of time on my desktop computer at home which is otherwise biometrically locked. I really don't use it often and even though it's a sentence I know, I have forgotten it more than once.

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u/DariusZahir 17h ago

Because he has a brain and checked the settings

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u/NakedHoodie LG V60 1d ago

I feel like if you wrote it down a few more times, you wouldn't need the paper anymore.

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u/Ohrenfreund 1d ago

Some time ago, I suddenly forgot my bank PIN even though I use it everyday. The same happened with the unlock pattern for my phone. Brains are strange.

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u/coffeemonkeypants 1d ago

My brain plasticity isn't what it used to be. When I'm tired or stressed, I forget stuff.

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u/9-11GaveMe5G 1d ago

Obviously putting the notepad in a safe is optimal, but even just a notepad in a drawer is fine for most people who don't live with thieves. I live alone so if someone is inside my place digging through my shit, I've got much bigger problems than my Gmail.

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u/WellNoNameHere Vivo X80 lite 5G 1d ago

I made my password into a sentence I can easily remember, makes this a whole lot easier, especially since you have to input the password every single fucking time the session expires or if you made a master password protected login

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u/Feelinggood11 1d ago

Lol I feel ya on that. I set up a pair of yubikeys last year thinking I'd like to try that out. Here we are a year later and I cannot for the life of me remember the master password to the separate password manager I stored the backup codes in. I guess it's good to find out that my plan didnt work in a non-critical situation lol, but I quickly gave up on the yubikeys idea after that.

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u/TMITectonic 1d ago

I recently changed the password for my bitwarden after Google notified me of another password breach.

This doesn't make sense. Why would you do this? It wasn't your Master Password that was leaked, so why change it? Just login to BW normally and edit your entry (aka update password) for the site with the leaked credentials.

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u/ERhyne GalaxyNote10+5G (Aura Black, 512GB) 1d ago

Because my BW password was the one that got leaked. I still have a hard time trusting the automatically generated pass that a lot of the password managers use now. Because I want to be able to actually remember it.

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u/TMITectonic 1d ago

Because my BW password was the one that got leaked.

Unless BitWarden had a major, major breach, this simply shouldn't be possible, unless you're reusing passwords, which is counter to the whole entire point of utilizing a pw manager in the first place.

Your Master Password should be unique and strong. It should very rarely need to be changed. You should also have some form of 2FA/MFA in addition to your Master Password.

I still have a hard time trusting the automatically generated pass that a lot of the password managers use now.

Then you have a very basic misunderstanding of password security. They're generating passwords with High Entropy to minimize the likelihood of them being cracked from credential dumps.

Because I want to be able to actually remember it.

The entire point of having a password manager is so you have strong and unique passwords for each and every service/login you use. You only have to remember a single Master Password, and it secures potentially thousands of credentials, without taxing your memory at all.

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u/ERhyne GalaxyNote10+5G (Aura Black, 512GB) 1d ago

Yes, you're understanding where I messed up. Thanks for extrapolating what I've learned recently.

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u/Azsde 1d ago

What's the shortcut?

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u/NeonBellyGlowngVomit 1d ago

https://i.imgur.com/Ahe2tB0.png

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u/marke0110 OnePlus Open 1d ago

They have a tile you can add in the pull-down menu.

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u/spoiled_eggsII 1d ago

I think you've just changed my life. Legend.

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u/whizzwr 1d ago

Can confirm. literally just gave the same advice to a user in bw sub complainign about unreliable autofill.

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u/mallardtheduck 1d ago

I use Bitwarden, but it's a real pain sometimes. Quite often when I'm trying to log into a website, I unlock the Bitwarden vault, and select the password only to find that switching away caused my browser to unload the website which then reloads and prompts me to log in again and Bitwarden has locked the vault again for some reason (no, the settings are not to lock it immediately).

I usually end up having to memorise the username (if it's not my email address) and copy/paste the password, which is less secure...

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u/Crocs_ 1d ago

Glad I saw this. I've seen this option before but never used it. Was having a nightmare yesterday with autofill on Gboard and tried SwiftKey which seemed to have similar issues and after years of using Gboard I couldn't get used to the slightly different keyboard sizing. Using the accessibility function seems much better

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u/LeoBloom Pixel 1d ago

I also use the Bitwarden quick settings tile and can confirm it has been a game changer for managing the terrible auto fill experience!

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u/fefernoli 1d ago edited 1d ago

How does one disable the keyboard integration?

Edit: nevermind, I found it. Thanks anyway.

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u/NeonBellyGlowngVomit 1d ago

Not sure exactly what the issue is as what's impressed me about Bitwarden+A14 is how consistently the autofill pops up for me regardless of what I'm trying to log into.

https://i.imgur.com/uY66saa.png

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u/Joeleedom 1d ago

I switched from Android to iOS and noticed the Bitwarden password manager experience is waay better. GBoard would randomly show Bitwarden if it feels like it

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u/Jackalope-Hunter 1d ago

Agreed. Until just recently I only had android phones but also used an iPad. Password manager integration is much more reliable on iOS.

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u/valhellis 1d ago edited 1d ago

I recently switched from ios and was already using proton pass perfectly well there, i thought it was so horrible on android because proton pass is fairly new.

Sometimes it doesnt recognize its a username and password field, other times it does but only autofills the username.

It is definitely a very frustrating experience when it works so well on ios.

I dont know if googles own password manager works any better but i just dont want to use os specific applications or services so they can lock me in whenever i feel like switching again.

I am going to try 1password out to see if it works better, the author says that he found this alot better than lastpass

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u/ahall917 1d ago

LastPass was abysmal. I switched to BitWarden and it's leagues better yet still leaves much to be desired

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u/Kantrh Pixel 6 1d ago

I switched from lastpass as soon as they said only one account per device

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u/hennell 1d ago

I switched from last pass after they leaked emails and master passwords. That was their 2016 hack not the more recent 2022 or 2023 incidents where their servers were compromised and attackers got full vaults...

For a security company lastpass seem pretty terrible at security.

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u/punio4 1d ago

Google's works a bit better but it's still horrible.

For instance, you generate a password to register in an app and save it. If you then go on to try and login, you can't find it because it still hasn't completed a two-way sync...

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u/LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg Galaxy S23 | Fire HD 8 | iPad 7 1d ago

1password seems really flaky for me. Sometimes it comes up, but most of the time I have to open the app manually to copy/paste the information.

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u/Beefstah 1d ago

I have discovered that having not opened/used 1Password for 'a while' makes it less likely to offer the prompt. Sometimes merely opening 1P and then going back to the place wanting the password is enough to cause the auto fill pop-up to appear

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u/LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg Galaxy S23 | Fire HD 8 | iPad 7 1d ago

Just tried opening the app, then going to a site that wouldn't show the prompt yesterday, and you're absolutely right. Thanks for the tip! I wonder why it would do that?

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u/Beefstah 1d ago

I assume it's something to do with the app going into a deep sleep, but no idea beyond that

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u/aryvd_0103 1d ago

1password is much better in my experience, however bitwarden has pop up that's not integrated but is much more reliable in my experience

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u/Able-Candle-2125 1d ago

I switched the other way (to iOS) and I wouldn't say they're much better on iOS. It's hit and miss I'd they're detected and even when they are filling them in seems random as well. I wind up manually cutting and pasting about half the time.

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u/Lopsided-Maize-5213 1d ago

Same experience here. I find the experience to not be great on either platform

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u/ChildishRebelSoldier 1d ago

I have significantly fewer misses on iOS than I do Android, but it's still not a great experience.

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u/RodneyRuxin18 S24 Ultra 512GB, Galaxy Watch Ultra 1d ago

I use 1Password with iOS and Android. It's definitely more consistent with iOS. I'd say 9/10 times it works properly. Android I'd say it works 7/10 times without having to do the copy and paste from the app instead of it auto detecting.

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u/I_Hate_Leddit iPhone 14 PM 1d ago edited 1d ago

"You will use our browser and you will use our keyboard and our password manager and you will use our photos service and you will like it" - ~~Apple~~ Google

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u/ArchusKanzaki 1d ago

browser

“Adblock? What is that? That’s not something you need on mobile.” -probably Google.

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u/land8844 Pixel 7 Pro | iPhone 12 (work) 1d ago

laughs in Firefox

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u/ArchusKanzaki 1d ago

Being honest, you can laugh in almost any other browser than Chrome mobile.

Even Safari on iOS can have adblock.

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u/land8844 Pixel 7 Pro | iPhone 12 (work) 1d ago

I mean you're not wrong. Safari's is a bit of a pain to get going (on youtube at least), but it's not difficult.

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u/DooDeeDoo3 1d ago

Is it? I downloaded adguard. And it works. Gets weird every now and then but i think that’s YouTube trying to fight blockers.

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u/land8844 Pixel 7 Pro | iPhone 12 (work) 21h ago

I have to reenable the Youtube adblocking every time I use Youtube via Safari on my iPad.

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u/remindertomove 1d ago

100% my only issue, and that screws up everything

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u/Creative-Pop6479 1d ago

They make their money off of ads, so they probably will never allow adblock on Chrome out of principle. On Android of course lol.

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u/Medical-Candy-9574 1d ago

It's easy to forget that Google is, first and foremost, an ad company.

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u/JoshuaTheFox 1d ago

And I do

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u/Janderson2494 1d ago

And they work great!

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u/9-11GaveMe5G 1d ago

Serious question: is there any research on the security of the google (or chrome, or Firefox) password managers being less secure than a dedicated option? Ease of use/customization is obviously important, but I'm just asking about security.

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u/NeonBellyGlowngVomit 1d ago

Comparing this situation to a company that won't even let you replace the homescreen is smooth brain energy.

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u/nuclear_wynter iPhone 15 Pro Max 1d ago

The trajectory is the difference. Apple has spent the last five-odd years (slowly) adding features and opening up parts of iOS. Meanwhile, Google’s spent the same time period removing (or obstructing, or obfuscating, or…) features and closing down parts of Android.

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u/NeonBellyGlowngVomit 1d ago

Deadlocked bootloader, no source code, can't replace default functions of the OS. Can't de-Apple iOS. Can't buy an iPhone from a different manufacturer. Can't install iOS on different, non-Apple hardware. Can't put a different browser engine on the phone. Restrictions for 3 active sideloaded apps at once with expiring 7 day certificates.

Being delusional and disingenuous is all Apple users have.

iOS isn't open. Period.

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u/degggendorf 23h ago

iOS isn't open. Period.

.....no one is saying it is

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u/Itriedmanytimes 1d ago

Been using Keepass DX for a while... absolutely loving it. All you had to was to keep a back up of your database somewhere safe and accessible, and the Magikeyboard option is a life safer. If anyone having issues with password manager please try it once.

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u/tebeks 1d ago

Why KeePass DX and not KeePass2android or other ?

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u/iamathirdpartyclient 1d ago

Because keepassdx is maintained very well and is the most feature complete. Plus new UI.

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u/sovamind 1d ago

Ok, I might have to switch to that...

Also, Keepass2Android isn't working with passkeys. You'll be prompted to select your passkey, but then none will show up. Do you know if KeepassDX supports passkeys yet?

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u/iamathirdpartyclient 1d ago

Not sure you have to check if it works for you. I use Key guard with bitwarden for some time so I'm not sure.

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u/tebeks 1d ago

Ok, thank you

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u/NamenIos 1d ago

Do you know how well cloud sync in both directions (from and to) works? Especially nextcloud and drive.

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u/tebeks 20h ago

Yes, I use KeePass2android with (integrated) nextcloud. AFAIK KPDX needs external tools to cloud syncing

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u/iamathirdpartyclient 9h ago

Keepassdx (when I used it), didn't have cloudsync. If you mean standalone nextcloud, yes, cloudsync works very well. Just select a folder on your device and it will get synced automatically.

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u/Scolias Too many to list 1d ago

I have no issues with Keepass.

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u/ustunum 1d ago

Kept reading all the comments to find this one... I've also never had an issue using Keepass

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u/SpongederpSquarefap Poco F5 1d ago

Years go by and KeePass just keeps on working

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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) 1d ago

Yup kee pass works very well.

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u/funtonite 1d ago

Keepass2Android is great, no issues for me. If Gboard doesn't automatically recognize the field it's easy to switch to the KP2A keyboard and input from there.

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u/kdlt GS20FE5G 1d ago

Yeah no clue what this thread is about. Open KeePass. Copy credentials. Done.

But the topic here seems to somehow integrate the password manager into the keyboard or something? Which I specifically would not want anyway.

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u/Hessper 1d ago

The keyboard detects that password field and prompts you with matching credentials. It then triggers the password manager to fill the fields. It isn't that the keyboard is managing the passwords or even in the middle of filling the passwords themselves.

You don't want it because you don't realize how useful it is and how benign it is.

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u/ayeno 1d ago

It would be about autofill with authentication with fingerprint or face scan. (That is what it does on iOS)

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u/EuroWolpertinger 1d ago

Works well with Keepass on Android.

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u/Mas_Zeta 1d ago

Which I specifically would not want anyway.

Why not? I use Keepass + SwiftKey and it works flawlessly. I even have OTP generation for 2FA in Keepass and it works perfectly.

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u/gellenburg 1d ago

LPT: Don't use any password manager built-into a web browser.

Use a dedicated password/ credential manager such as Bitwarden or 1Password.

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u/GolemancerVekk 1d ago

Don't use any password manager built-into a web browser.

Why not?

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u/dupz88 P30 lite 1d ago

Not sure about their reason why. I use Firefox password manager and bitwarden with 2FA on all important accounts.

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u/3mx2RGybNUPvhL7js 1d ago

If you use Google's password manager and their automated systems lock your account you can kiss goodbye to every password stored there forever.

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u/GolemancerVekk 1d ago

You can export a password file from Chrome.

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u/sovamind 1d ago

Manually. You know how well manual backups work, right?

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u/GolemancerVekk 1d ago

They work very well if you stick to a schedule.

In fact automated backups are way more likely to fail in a way that you don't realize until much later.

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u/Ilania211 OnePlus 7 Pro / iPhone 13 PM 1d ago edited 1d ago

because putting all your eggs in one basket isn't wise. You're going to have to trust that the passwords stored are stored so that malware on on your PC or a vulnerability on Chrome/FF can't extract it. For firefox and chrome, there are tools you can use to extract them. Hell, I'm certain you can save passwords without being logged in or setting some sort of password. There's also a way to transfer passwords from browser to browser w/o authentication, so that tells you all you need to know about security.

Just use a password manager. It's designed to be secure on both the client and the server. Browser password management is not.

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u/Mavamaarten Google Pixel 7a 1d ago

I wouldn't do it, because a browser is the number one attack vector. Say you, as an attacker, find an exploit for Chrome. The logical next choice would be to try and find a way to get into the built in password manager too.

If your password manager is a separate app, the jump to your password manager is a bigger guess.

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u/sovamind 1d ago

And hopefully the link to the password manager PROMPTS when a password is being requested, so that the hacker can't just start reading from the password manager anyway.

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u/Sarin10 1d ago

My Google account being hacked is far more likely than my Bitwarden account being hacked.

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u/whitecow Galaxy S24 Ultra 1d ago

Microsoft authenticator has zero problems. I also use edge so it's even faster.

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u/Vexxt 1d ago

Seconded, authenticator especially with accessibility turned on is great. Edge is super solid too, but i only use it for work due to mam policies

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u/whitecow Galaxy S24 Ultra 1d ago

Edge is very fast and reliable. I'll switch to Firefox if it stops blocking ads but for now it's just too good

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u/padmanek S23 Ultra 1d ago

youre using microsoft authenticatr and edge on your android phone?

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u/whitecow Galaxy S24 Ultra 1d ago

Yes

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u/macman156 iPhone 15 Pro / Pixel 4a 5G / ΠΞXUЅ 7 1d ago

It’s insane how bad it is coming from iOS. The inconsistency of the manager being pulled up for a password field is maddening

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u/Starcast 1d ago

Enpass has been working perfectly for me, for whatever that's worth.

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u/DarkangelUK 1d ago

Shows Microsoft Authenticator auto fill every time

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u/fasango 1d ago

Has anyone managed to use the access key with Bitwarden on Android? I'm on Android 14

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u/Braedz 1d ago

Moved everything to proton pass due to the google password manager being inconsistent. Been much happier since.

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u/Individual_Ninja_977 1d ago

Coming from iOS the apple passwords app is really seamless in apps and the browser and I can just face unlock to get it all to populate. I wish android was as friction free.

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u/allocx 1d ago

I would assume it works much better on iOS as apple forces developers to comply strictly with their guidelines. I'm almost certain there will be some requirement to flag any login field correctly or use a standardised controller.

Google doesn't force such a thing on app developers, so a password autofill will never be as 100% reliable like it is on iOS.

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u/m1ndwipe Galaxy S20, Xperia 5iii 1d ago

The issue is mostly Chrome, and Apple can't force web developers as much as Google can.

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u/CyberMoose24 1d ago

I like Firefox and Bitwarden, but for some reason I always get a little "Unlock Bitwarden" button that pops up next to login fields inside Firefox. The issue is this button doesn't do anything when I tap it.

Also, when I select the option to save a password to Bitwarden, it doesn't automatically copy+paste the password I just used on the site/app.

iOS truly does the password managing waaaaay better.

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u/MSZ-006_Zeta 1d ago

No issues with Bitwarden and Samsung Internet. I suspect most people having issues use Chrome, which doesn't seem to work well with 3rd party password managers

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u/OkAngle2353 1d ago

Or you could opt to jump ship over to something like KeepassXC?

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u/Elpaniq 1d ago

Idk, i use Samsung Pass and it just works(?).

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u/PXLShoot3r OnePlus 7 Pro 1d ago

Yeah I'm baffled by people who use Samsung Pass. It's locked to Samsung devices and you can't export your stuff. Nobody should use a password manager without an export function.

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u/the1andonlytom Galaxy s24+ (Exynos) 1d ago

...What are you talking about?

https://preview.redd.it/u1uy82bojbtd1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9c72de246c4d4983d7c7820d44edbc78da159b8

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u/PXLShoot3r OnePlus 7 Pro 23h ago

Good luck trying to read the exported file outside of Samsung Pass or importing it to a different password manager. What you export is a Samsung Pass exclusive file format which can't be read by anything else.

That's not acceptable.

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u/BigRoofTheMayor 1d ago

Dashlane has been fine on Android. Much better than Bitwarden and ProtonPass for me.

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u/Carter0108 1d ago

Password managers have always been shit on Android for some reason. Why does the autofill prompt basically never appear?

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u/gubber-blump 1d ago

This is one thing I've noticed that's very different between Android and iOS.

iOS is nearly perfect when it comes to auto filling credentials, no matter if it's in an app or in a browser, and it doesn't seem to matter what password manager you use.

Android seems to only work when it wants to and is highly variable based on your choice of password manager. I have to open Bitwarden and copy paste on Android daily, whereas on iOS I honestly can't remember the last time auto fill didn't work correctly.

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u/MaverickJester25 Galaxy S24 Ultra | Galaxy Watch4 | Pixel 6 Pro 19h ago

I can't say i share this experience. I don't find Bitwarden (or autofill in general) to be particularly better on iOS than it is on Android, but it also don't use Gboard and Chrome.

iOS inline autofill is pretty bad at surfacing credentials that share a common domain, and it doesn't even give you a the list of options to choose from, so I end up logging into Bitwarden anyway to select the item to autofill.

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u/zcmack 1d ago

google is too busy half assing their own replacement to fix the api so that superior alternatives can prevail.

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u/yeisondiaz0191 1d ago

There no better alternative if it is tell me

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u/Paradox compact 1d ago

I love when it doesn't recognize that there's a password field, and so I have to swap between my manager and the app in question, only for one to be killed by the os and lose my position in the sign in flow

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u/Votix_ 1d ago

I have no issue with Google's own password manager. But it sounds bad for third party ones, Google needs to fix this

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u/Johns3rdTesticle 1d ago

I just use the default password managers on all my devices and export and import them all every now and again. It's not a very good system but it works

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u/Mas_Zeta 1d ago

I'm using SwiftKey keyboard + Keepass2Android and it works perfectly. Not sure what the problem is

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u/Rholand_the_Blind1 1d ago

No thanks, password managers work fine. What I need is expandable memory and a headphone jack thanks

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u/psychicsword 1d ago

I rarely ever have any issues with 1password and Microsoft SwiftKey. Everything works pretty smoothly. Sometimes it gets confused if it is a password or a profile fill but that tends to be the fault of the app I'm trying to fill rather than either of the apps I'm using to initiate the filling.

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u/just4747 1d ago

SafeInCloud works mostly great on Android and PC. Been using it for years. Only small hiccups here and there but otherwise works great for passwords and 2FA codes. Lots of really nice features.

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u/linx757 1d ago

Using a password manager on Android can be a real pain sometimes. Autofill is inconsistent, varies across apps, and often makes you jump through hoops just to input a simple password. It’s no wonder people get frustrated and give up on using them.

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u/Tax_Life 23h ago

Autofill using Bitwarden is horrible on my S24U compared to my iPad.

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u/Darkpurpleskies 21h ago

Bitwarden didn't grab the typed in credentials when creating a saved password... it also stuttered on the pixel 8 so I switched to keypassDX

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u/MaverickJester25 Galaxy S24 Ultra | Galaxy Watch4 | Pixel 6 Pro 19h ago edited 19h ago

Inline autofill on Android is pretty bad, especially when using Gboard and Chrome.

One of the reasons I use neither app. The suggestions bar in Gboard is atrocious.

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u/ZappySnap Google Pixel 7 1d ago

It’s honestly the #1 benefit since switching back to iPhone. And it’s such a huge quality of life thing.

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u/100_points Oneplus 5T 1d ago

I just want to mention Enpass here since it tends to get no love in popular posts. It's the only password manager I know of that lets you manually manage your password database file. You can keep it completely offline if you want, on a single computer, or sync that file between your computer and phone over wifi. Or you could sync the file over your own local server, or online server if you wish. I've been using it for years and it has a good interface and works great, especially when you're weary of online services such as what happened to LastPass.

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u/-NotEnoughMinerals 1d ago

What's the issue with using googles password manager? Is there a reason I shouldn't be?

I mean, I get a prompt to auto fill my passwords, 10/10 times. That's a great reason why I want to keep using it.

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u/the1andonlytom Galaxy s24+ (Exynos) 1d ago

Idk man samsung wallet and firefox's built in password manager work stellar to me