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by simpleguitar 1639 days ago
> I wish there were a good solution

The answer is right there in the article: Use the browser's password manager.

I find Firefox's password manager + Sync a good solution, and I don't understand why people don't advocate it more. It's free and open source. Mozilla is a reputable software house with a good security team. Their revenue stream does not depend on you paying for the password manager. It doesn't even depends on monetizing your personal information.

Yesterday I found it even works as a password store for all of iOS.

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How do you manage passwords for things outside of the browser?
On iOS, opening up saved passwords just uses firefox's password manager. On the desktop, I just open up firefox's password page. It's always running anyway.

It works just like another password app.

Sorry for being obtuse, but FF only allows me to put in a website to save passwords. How would I use this for an extra-browser application (steam for example)?
just put "steam" in the url?