On 16.04.2012 20:05, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
> On 04/16/2012 12:33 PM, Thomas Åkesson wrote:
>> Personally, the feature to manually move/copy the encrypted store is definitely useful, but I do consider some other features of the Desktop-integrated storage APIs significantly more value-adding (I mostly use OSX Keychain):
>>
>> - Unlocking the encrypted storage on login. (would still work, via master passphrase in Keychain/KWallet/Keyring)
>> - Not a separate passphrase. Changing password for the OS user account manages the re-encryption.
>> - Automated password storage replication. OS X with MobileMe (subscription) _had_ this feature. It is sorely missed in iCloud and I am not alone in hoping for its return.
>> - Relatively intuitive UI to manage cached credentials, including retrieving forgotten ones.
>>
>> I am afraid OS X users might consider moving away from Keychain a bit of a regression (can't speak for Gnome/KDE users).
> Yeah, I hear you about the OS X user point of view. At this point, I'm
> fairly convinced that for Windows and OS X, the use-master-password feature
> will be less frequently used. (It will be off by default on all OSes.)
>
I wouldn't worry too much about Mac OS X in this respect. Mac users have
enough standard ways for transferring their settings to another machine.
-- Brane
Received on 2012-04-18 02:04:49 CEST