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Finally A Good Use for Touch ID:1Password

Finally A Good Use for Touch ID:1Password

August 15, 2014 | Comments Off on Finally A Good Use for Touch ID:1Password

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By Jason D. O’Grady for The Apple Core |

At WWDC14 Apple announced that it was opening up Touch ID to all developers.AgileBits, developer popular password vault 1Password, has demonstrated several promising new applications of the biometric fingerprint sensor built into the home button on the iPhone 5s.

In a blog post and accompanying video, AgileBits shows how Touch ID can be used to:

  1. unlock the 1Password app (replacing the master password)
  2. enter passwords in Safari (via the 1Password browser extension), and
  3. enter login credentials into third-party iOS apps (via the 1Password app extension)

Make no mistake about it, this is revolutionary. These three features alone make Touch ID a viable and powerful security technology, a generation ahead of the anemic unlock code and App Store purchases that Touch ID is limited to today.

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Podcast April 26, 2014: Taking Tech's Temp & Password Managers

Podcast April 26, 2014: Taking Tech's Temp & Password Managers

April 25, 2014 | Comments Off on Podcast April 26, 2014: Taking Tech's Temp & Password Managers

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Show Notes:

Hour 1

Taking Tech’s Temp: Quarterly Reports for Apple and Microsoft Hold Surprises

iPadsWhat happened to iPad sales?  Is Microsoft rebounding fast enough to survive?

Apple Q2

Microsoft Q3

Facebook Q1

Amazon 

 

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PadlockThe ABC’s of Password Managers

What kinds are there? How do the work? Do you have to pay for them?  What are the best?

The Best Password Managers: Neil J. Rubenking

 Password Managers: Mike Wendland

Six Great Password Managers: Neil J. Rubenking, 2011

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MiTechNews Report

 

The MiTechNews Report is a weekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and  publisher of MiTechNews.com which focuses on technology headlines and the impact of our tate’s growing high tech sector.

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Hour 2        Answering Listener Questions:    800-859-0957

Join the conversation with your questions during this live segment and benefit from years of tech troubleshooting expertise. REMEMBER: The only dumb question….is the one you don’t ask! 

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