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Did Apple just Sherlock our favorite password managers?


LastPass and Dashlane think there’s still room for others.

They’re the kind of feature that really should be built into every device — and Apple is massively expanding their reach with the launch of its new Passwords app, announced this week at WWDC. Notice that Google is missing from that list; Apple didn’t say anything about Passwords support for Android, the most-used mobile operating system in the world, or Chrome, the most popular web browser in the world, despite the fact that there is currently an iCloud Passwords app available on the Chrome Web Store. “Apple’s track record with cross-platform support, such as the limited functionality of iCloud for Windows and conflicts with Google over SMS standards, raises concerns about the usability of their Passwords app across different platforms,” says Proton Pass product lead Son Nguyen.

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