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I'd love if those additional checks, not only on GitHub but in general, asked you to re-login via the regular login form so that it could be auto-filled by the
by spindritf 13y ago
I'd love if those additional checks, not only on GitHub but in general, asked you to re-login via the regular login form so that it could be auto-filled by the browser (or other passwords managers) with the same reliability as the the regular login form is.
Now, it requires you to fish out and paste the password from the manager into this, yet another, special field.
EDIT: I know that some managers can guess when to use the password in a different context on the same site. But not all of them and not all the time.
Mozilla's manager (built into Firefox) doesn't do it properly on Google accounts page, or on GitHub. At least it didn't yesterday.
- kbar13 13y ago1password, and I'm sure keepas and those of its ilk handle them just fine.
- jlogsdon 13y agoLastPass handles it fine.
- munimkazia 13y agoI was thinking about this.. But then, this is supposed to keep us safe if we keep our computers unattended. On the other hand, if you use password managers to autofill passwords, measures like this won't do much to keep you safe if you leave your browser unattended. Bottom line: These measures don't do much, don't leave your computer logged in and unattended at any time.