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chadbag said:

Honest question:   What does something like 1password offer me above what I get for free with the keychain IF I don’t care about cross platform (meaning outside of Apple) use?  I don’t care about android or windows. 

I’m happily just using KeyChain which covers me on macOS, iOS, iPad, etc. 

1. the UI for iCloud Keychain (Keychain Access on the Mac, and some dippy little section in Settings on iOS) is pretty awful.
2. 1Password lets you have multiple keychains (or "vaults" in their parlance). Every time I take a contract with a startup, among the first things they do is send me a corporate vault containing all the logins I'll need and where I can store my own.
3. that multiple vault thing goes for family access as well. You and a spouse can have shared and separate keychains, selectively share with kids, etc.
4. 1Password allows you to store secure documents. I have things like a photo of my vaccine card, my state ID, various personal notes kept there. (Keychain Access will let you store secure documents, but only text, not photos)
5. the big one — MFA logins. If you're using SMS codes sent to your cellphone, you're a stone-cold chump. Highly insecure. There are some 3rd party apps like Google Authenticator and Authy*, they're very poorly made; 1Password's built-in MFA rocks.
6. password breaches — 1Password keeps an eye on haveibeenpwned.com password leaks and lets you know when a stored password has been exposed.

Despite all these, I'd probably swap to iCloud Keychain if they just did MFA. However, I think Apple is just hoping MFA goes away in favor of Login with Apple (it never will) or something something FaceID/TouchID (possible).


* irony: I dumped Authy for MFA in favor of 1Password because Authy is another dogshit Electron app.

p-dog said:

I removed the speaker from the AirTag I hid on my bicycle

why?

I was all set to jump on the “holy shit Spotify is completely inept” bandwagon (I personally ignored Spotify in favor of Beats Music because of the latter’s superior Mac software back in the day), but these tweets by Marco Arment — creator of the Overcast podcast app, Instapaper, and some social network called Tumbling or something — made me think twice. 

They sure look cool though. Dig that yellow/blue one, I wonder if you could pick top/bottom colors at checkout?

I'd take that bar over the wobbling that the squircle creates when you put your iPhone on a table. Probably makes it less likely for your thumb to enter the edge of a picture, too.

OctoMonkey said:

Hmmm...  both of my kids have a BittBoy for playing retro games.  At $179, the price is rather steep too.

I am not sure what problem this device is trying to solve, or what niche it is trying to fill.

What were they thinking? The games are all black and white like going back to the old GameBoy day? The device: who are they targeting consider everyone owns a smart phone with 3D/color games now a day? I don't understand where this device is fitting in today's market. It's cute BUT....

This is the indie videogame equivalent of a limited edition vinyl being released by some band you've never heard of. It's hipster silliness. In fact, the manufacturer — Teenage Engineering — is renowned for their extremely weird and niche electronics.

It's fine if you've never heard of people like Cable Sasser, Lucas Pope, or Keita Takahashi. Those of us who have can barely contain our excitement.