Since it was presented to the world in a new operating system Mac OS X Mavericks, many people have welcomed many of its new applications, such as, iBooks, Apple Maps, etc ..., but there is one in particular that few have echoed, and that in my opinion is very interesting, because of the help it supposes, and it is not another application that Keychain.
Many are the passwords that we have to deal with every day, email, bank credit card, access to all the websites to which we are registered, etc ..., it is for this reason that remembering so many passwords is simply impossible.
Apple just introduced in their new system Mavericks an app called iCloud Keychain, that its main function is remind us of all our passwords of access to websites on all our devices, but be careful these accesses must be authorized on all devices by us, otherwise it will not work, a security measure so that our data does not travel freely. For this protection, it has a secure 256-bit AES encryption, which is updated daily on all your registered devices.
Also automatically fill in the username and password fields with the corresponding data. And if you have run out of ideas, The new Password Generator suggests new passwords for you.
Also, iCloud Keychain too save your credit card information so that you always have it at hand when you buy online, so you will avoid blocking your credit card because you did not remember the password for online purchases.
In my opinion this application will help people a lot And I predict that it will be one of the most used applications in the new operating system, because if not to answer this question, how many times have you gone crazy looking for the password to access a website, that you have not entered for a while? I'm sure many of you will answer me right now with the statement that my browser already saves that information for me, true, but what happens if the computer you have to install from scratch or you delete the browser inadvertently because it doesn't work correctly. For these reasons I think iCloud Keychain It is a success, and that you can keep them synced with your iPhone, iPad or Apple device, without having to go with third-party services to synchronize, for me, that is invaluable. And what do you think?
Well this application in any case has its pros and cons. On the one hand it makes it useful to remember the passwords but that can also be counterproductive on the other hand, I remember that the encryption system used is used by the United States government, which is not so pleasant to know, much less than them they developed it, against. If some equipment is stolen, you could also be in serious trouble, and with regard to the browsers doing this and if you delete the browser or reinstall, I remind you that Google Chrome has an account to link all its accounts so if you delete it or pass the What happens when you enter your username and password, guala there they will be as they were before.
In the same way, it is a good way to save all this, making the dimension that mac users use the keychain too so it will be basically the same with another name and improved, you just have to be careful and not be totally dependent on it. With all this I also say that no site on the web is safe, there will always be risk, but there is no worse risk than that granted by the user.
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