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GROUP TEST: PASSWORD MANAGERS

Competition is fierce among password managers, as they vie for your subscription. As a result, most have near-identical core features, including auto-fill support for a range of browsers from Safari to Chrome, and time-based one-time passcodes (TOTP) as used in two-factor authentication (2FA). In addition to web login passwords, most support encrypted storage of payment cards and other secrets. They also use biometric security, including Touch ID on Apple silicon Macs, and Touch ID or Face ID on mobile devices.

They differ more in who looks after your secrets. Most keep your vault in their cloud, making you dependent on their security protection; a few like Strongbox give you the choice of storage, a feature that was widely used in older versions of 1Password. Although they all try to make migration easy, and can import your existing passwords from iCloud Keychain, that currently isn’t

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