The tech giant wants developers of password managers to collaborate for better user experience and security
Apple has released a set of open source tools that are aimed at helping developers of password managers create more secure passwords for their users. Called Password Manager Resources, the project mainly aims to tackle the problem that passwords generated by password managers often don’t match the requirements of websites – a problem faced by people across all operating systems.
“Every time a password manager generates a password that isn’t compatible with a website, a person not only has a bad experience but a reason to be tempted to create their password,” said Apple on its GitHub page.
People who give in to such a ‘temptation’ may end up committing one of the cardinal password creation sins, such as recycling their password across multiple accounts or opting for easy-to-remember passwords. These are generally less safer than random strings generated by dedicated password management software.
The Cupertino tech giant expects the project to bring a three-fold benefit:
Resource sharing can improve the quality of all password managers with less work than it would take an individual password manager to achieve the same outcome.
Public documentation of website-specific behaviors can incentivize websites to use standards or emerging standards that will improve their compatibility with password managers.
Improving the quality of password managers will improve user trust in them.
The list of tools includes password selection parameters used by popular websites ..
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