On 04/16/2012 12:33 PM, Thomas Åkesson wrote: > Personally, the feature to manually move/copy the encrypted store is > definitely useful, but I do consider some other features of the > Desktop-integrated storage APIs significantly more value-adding (I mostly use > OSX Keychain): > > - Unlocking the encrypted storage on login. (would still work, via master > passphrase in Keychain/KWallet/Keyring) > - Not a separate passphrase. Changing password for the OS user account > manages the re-encryption. > - Automated password storage replication. OS X with MobileMe (subscription) > _had_ this feature. It is sorely missed in iCloud and I am not alone in > hoping for its return. > - Relatively intuitive UI to manage cached credentials, including retrieving > forgotten ones. > > I am afraid OS X users might consider moving away from Keychain a bit of a > regression (can't speak for Gnome/KDE users).
Yeah, I hear you about the OS X user point of view. At this point, I'm fairly convinced that for Windows and OS X, the use-master-password feature will be less frequently used. (It will be off by default on all OSes.) -- C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net> CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Distributed Development On Demand
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