If you have been on a vibe coding frenzy thanks to Fable 5, 1Password has something to offer for you today. The company has announced a new feature that fills website credentials on Claude’s behalf. By the developer’s claim, the feature is designed to have zero-exposure to the agent — tasks are handled by AI, and the credentials do not enter the model or its memory. Each request still needs to be approved on 1Password. It is currently only available on Mac and Google Chrome. The detailed announcement and support document is in the link. Give it a read if…
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How Safe is Memorable Password?
Number one rule of any password is: the weakest link is human. xkcd often puts out great educational comic strips on the subject. One I am thinking of, as no doubt you could have seen in the generator post, is the legendary “correct horse battery staple”, only that he did rigged the game to prove his point. Tr0ub4dor&3 is a bad password, because it is essentially troubadour in Leet. But it’s only 11 characters long, fit for most sadistic password policies out there. correcthorsebatterystaple is one long password with 25 characters. You cannot use this in any of the websites…
1Password is Raising Price
Just last year I covered the very issue of leaving 1Password. Long story short, Apple Passwords, a free alternative for iOS and MacOS, has come a long way. With iOS 26, some argue it is now a suitable free alternative among many others. Not that I am suggesting everyone should jump ship, but I believe there is an argument to be made against where 1Password stands and why it is losing grip.
App to Check Your Password in Security Breaches
I suppose it’s a playlist of cybersecurity for this week. This is yet another good usage of searching through known breaches covered yesterday’s post. If you are not using a password manager, like it or not, you are most likely guilty of reusing the same password. If you are not using a random password generator of any kind, at least a writer’s dice, human mind is not the best device of generating randomness.
How to Fill-in from Password Manager on iOS Prompts
Normally, iOS and any apps on it that have a password prompt should label it as such. The system recognizes the textbox is reserved for password then offers to fill-in automatically from the password manager of choice. But not all apps have properly labeled its password prompts, let alone iOS’. Anyone who has more than one Apple account would know the pain of it all.
How to Generate Random PIN Codes
One of the rather recently added feature on 1Password, which I believe was both an oversight and the inherent flaw of the system, was PIN generation. The password manager was always capable of saving PIN codes, often only 4 digits long. Randomly generating one wasn’t supported until recently. To play devil’s advocate, it is only 4 numbers.
How to Generate Custom Length Passwords for Apple Passwords App
In my previous post, though I didn’t go into any details as to what limitations I’ve faced, I believe I’ve hinted enough that Apple’s Passwords app has missed the mark on the convenience features. One of which was rather shocking; the app doesn’t let a user generate a custom length password. The app is certainly capable of generating two kinds of passwords, one with special characters and one without, but not all websites are open to take them, let alone it will accept such a long password.
How I Tried Leaving 1Password in 2025
I’ve been using password managers for a while, and I believe I started using 1Password beginning with either version 3 or 4. Inevitably when I say I am using 1Password, I’m not just talking about simply using an app; I’m talking about the entire password manager platform. 1Password has gone through series of audits, bug bounties, and survived rounds of security breaches other password managers had to suffer through. I believe, at the very least, we can confirm a good password manager is more than an encrypted spreadsheet full of login infos.
How to Randomly Generate a Pattern Lock pt. 2
The last how-to I published had some backstories. It’s always easier to input a pattern lock when it only has 8-direction: up, down, left, right and 4 diagonals. But security-wise, having more options is always more preferable. This is one of the weakness of the pattern lock; you might as well use a simple PIN code for better security.
How to Randomly Generate a Pattern Lock
PSA before we begin: if you are using pattern lock on your device as primary method of authentication, find alternatives. Pattern lock is unsafe. There is a reason why password managers don’t try supporting it. Compared to that of PIN, the safety provided by pattern lock is mediocre at best even with the best of practices.