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Does anybody know if there's a solution for keychain password copy too? I have a very complicated vpn password that I change often (so I don't remember it), but each day, when connecting to the vpn, I have to open keychain and type my user password to get the vpn password. I couldn't find a way to use touch id for that.

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Kinda close - I use Hammerspoon to setup a hotkey that runs security(1) via popen to retrieve and paste passwords into some apps.

    /usr/bin/security find-internet-password -wgs mydomain.com

It requires the keychain to be unlocked, which can be handled with touch ID, and you can have it confirm with a "are you sure" dialog box every time.

If you really wanted to be prompted for a fingerprint basically every time, you could probably use a separate keychain that locks after 1 minute of inactivity.

You can use your power button as a shortcut to autofill it from 1password or another password manager:

https://docs.sweeting.me/s/power-button-password-manager-sho...

Out of curiousity why do you change a complex password regularly? Is this something your evilCorp policy forces you to do, or something you do out of habit because of something you read on the internet, or even rote habit from something picked up at previous evilCorp policies?

The evilItDepartmentPolicy forces me, but I would do it by my own will (less often) too, if not forced. I have acces on a lot of sensitive places and I don’t want to risk it.

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