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I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in oth

I discovered recently that Firefox itself can work as a password manager on Android. I had Lockwise installed so that I could use Firefox saved passwords in other Android apps, and now it turns out Firefox can do that directly.

kbenson 5y ago
The implication being that lockwise is discontinued because its use case has been subsumed by Firefox? If so, that's a thankful addendum to this announcement. Edit: yep, in settings, logins and passwords, there are two toggles, one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for web pages, and one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for other sites, which takes you to the Android password manager selection section.
- tfehring 5y ago
  Yeah, and it sounds like the same will be true on iOS sometime in December. Not sure why they'd announce the discontinuation now instead of just waiting a few weeks until they have a drop-in replacement available, though I guess it is just for one platform.
- javajosh 5y ago
  I use Lockwise but not for other apps. Does anyone know the details about how one app would fill in passwords for another on Android? That capability seems...powerful and dangerous.
  - TrianguloY 5y ago
    https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/autofill https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/autofill Basically: when you focus an input textbox Android asks the service for autocompletion, and then you can choose one of the options which is entered as if the user has typed it. The service already has the password, and the destination app can only get it when you select it (same as if you write it yourself). In the opposite scenario when you enter data in some inputs Android asks the service if it is interested in them (but without sending the content). If it does, it asks the user, and only when the user accepts the password/content is sent to the service. In any case, you need to explicitly choose if you want to use or change a service for this purpose, and only one can be enabled at any time.
endemic 5y ago
I never used Lockwise because of this existing functionality in the main app.
OJFord 5y ago
Oh awesome, thanks. That changes this submission from 'what agh no why' to 'ok meh no problem'(/'good'!) for me.

kbenson 5y ago

The implication being that lockwise is discontinued because its use case has been subsumed by Firefox? If so, that's a thankful addendum to this announcement. Edit: yep, in settings, logins and passwords, there are two toggles, one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for web pages, and one to allow Firefox to fill in passwords for other sites, which takes you to the Android password manager selection section.

tfehring 5y ago
Yeah, and it sounds like the same will be true on iOS sometime in December. Not sure why they'd announce the discontinuation now instead of just waiting a few weeks until they have a drop-in replacement available, though I guess it is just for one platform.
javajosh 5y ago
I use Lockwise but not for other apps. Does anyone know the details about how one app would fill in passwords for another on Android? That capability seems...powerful and dangerous.
- TrianguloY 5y ago
  https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/autofill https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/text/autofill Basically: when you focus an input textbox Android asks the service for autocompletion, and then you can choose one of the options which is entered as if the user has typed it. The service already has the password, and the destination app can only get it when you select it (same as if you write it yourself). In the opposite scenario when you enter data in some inputs Android asks the service if it is interested in them (but without sending the content). If it does, it asks the user, and only when the user accepts the password/content is sent to the service. In any case, you need to explicitly choose if you want to use or change a service for this purpose, and only one can be enabled at any time.

endemic 5y ago

I never used Lockwise because of this existing functionality in the main app.

OJFord 5y ago

Oh awesome, thanks. That changes this submission from 'what agh no why' to 'ok meh no problem'(/'good'!) for me.