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On that note, it actually seems like a pretty good place for Apple to sweep in and take some thunder from 1Password et al, by sprucing up the Keychain app and making it something that everyone can sort of use without thinking about it. Just throw around talk of 'sandboxing' and 'secure access', turn it on by default, profit. Then if (by default) you needed an Apple device and iCloud account to login to all your shit... I think you see where this is going.

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I don't think Apple will do that: I think that Keychain is like the Reader mode and Reading List in Safari. It has some features that are like those of a third-party service, but because Apple isn't invested in the service for its own sake, the effect is that it raises the bar for third-party services, not that it replaces third-party services.

Please God no. I've been waiting about a month now to re-access an iCloud account as Apple sorts out their security issues.

Well I don't necessarily think it's a good thing... but it seems like just the sort of opportunity awaiting them (and their lawyers, when the antitrust suits eventually come).

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