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OpenID and enterprise Single Sign-On counterparts like SiteMinder are trying to solve a problem that browser-based credential vaults have rendered largely obsol

• mechanical_fish 18y ago
  Yep. I've said the same thing before: 1password for the Mac. You pay $35, once, and suddenly every site on the web supports auto-filling of gigantic automatically-generated strong passwords. You can stash your non-Web passwords in its lockbox, too. There are occasional glitches and annoyances (my pet peeve is that so many of the sites in the world don't actually support long passwords containing symbols). But you can fix the problems, because it's pretty obvious what 1password is doing and the whole thing is right there on your machine. I'm sure there are similar programs for Windows, though I can't recommend one.
• MicahWedemeyer 18y ago
  You only ever use one machine to log into websites? Never had to borrow a friend's laptop?