Xed

user58864 said:

I agree with others who are reluctant to save passwords on any app that stores its data in the cloud. I’m not sure I’m ready to use Keychain as convenient as it appears to be. Since a few posters mentioned Apple’s better security, could someone share with a non-expert like me how the Apple Keychain is more secure than the other password managers out there?

I’ve been using mSecure for years mostly because I can sync my devices via WiFi, but auto-renewing subscriptions as with mSecure keep me looking around. The LastPass breach really stressed me. 

Cheers!

It’s not. Keychain can be synced via your iCloud account so if someone has access yo your username and password, and can spoof your 2FA, they can get your synced keychain. Of course, you don’t have to sync your keychain to iCloud but that means you have to manually keep all your devices updated with your passwords manually. I certainly don’t want to do that.

I use 1Password. Originally it was synced locally or by iCloud or Dropbox. Now they ALSO offer an online sync option via their website, which is great if you share accounts and other info in a different vault with other family members on your plan.

For many years I was doing it as a hybrid system where my Private vault was only synced locally but my shared vaults were synced with family members but I’ve since let that go because 1Password isn’t securing my account with just a username and password; it’s also using a Secret Key which is randomly generated on a device — not online, and AgileBits doesn’t have a copy of it. If you lose one part of that 3 part system your account is forever inaccessible. 

I'm pretty sure Apple pulling their password manager out of Settings and into a separate app won't come close to giving me the features I use with 1P, but I'll remain hopeful.

For example, having a username, password, website, and password authenticator built-in is a good start, but you need to be able to organize a lot more data for logins, like account numbers, email addresses, names, costs, various dates, and many other settings that I simply don't want to cram in a simple section called Notes.

ranson said:

Xed said:

While it's true that airports have their own baggage handlers it is not accurate to say that it's not the responsibility of the airline. The airline is responsible for the entire baggage process once you've checked your bag.

https://www.transportation.gov/lost-delayed-or-damaged-baggage
https://syrairport.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Who-Does-What-In-The-Airport.pdf

Did anyone say it was not the airline's responsibility? No? Didn't think so. The Airline actually reimbursed the traveler; and their statement simply said that no Spirit employee has been implicated. Again, that is completely accurate. I know we all hate Spirit (and I have never flown them), but they did everything right in handling this situation.

You stated that "Airport employees have nothing to do with the Airlines that run flights out of said airport" which is not the case as I posted with links that show that the airlines are responsible for what airport employees do with passenger baggage. Perhaps you didn't intend it, but I think your comment is — at best — ambiguous as to who is ultimately responsible for checked luggage and completely inaccurate to claim that "Airport employees have nothing to do with the Airlines that run flights out of said airport.' I can think of a dozen jobs outside of baggage handlers where an airport employee is directly involved with the airlines: from ATC jobs directing ground and air traffic, to food service and fuel for flights, to tug operators pushing back airplanes there are clearly many jobs where non-airline employees have something to do with airlines at an airport.

ranson said:

macgui said:

Spirit said:
We issued a reimbursement check to the guest as a courtesy, even though we are not currently aware of any evidence that any Spirit employee was involved

Spirit has some balls. There's video, they pay off, but say not currently aware? Without video they wouldn't have paid off despite any other evidence. A cautionary tale. 

The perpetrator was an Airport employee, not an Airline employee. Airport employees have nothing to do with the Airlines that run flights out of said airport. The statement by Spirit is accurate.

While it's true that airports have their own baggage handlers it is not accurate to say that it's not the responsibility of the airline. The airline is responsible for the entire baggage process once you've checked your bag.

https://www.transportation.gov/lost-delayed-or-damaged-baggage
https://syrairport.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Who-Does-What-In-The-Airport.pdf

macgui said:

This article could use a lot more detail but it seems unavailable at the time of posting.

My guess is her bag itself was deemed not qualifying as carryon. This seems almost a whim of airlines. Friends who fly often and not always with the same airline say what is carryon on some airlines is not on others. Or that one some occasions sometimes on allowed by an airline where it previously was.

Not flying since before TSA, I don't know the rules. My carryon was once deemed too big and had to be checked. I removed a laptop in a padded case and carried that onboard, no issue. Would that be allowed today?

Spirit said:
We issued a reimbursement check to the guest as a courtesy, even though we are not currently aware of any evidence that any Spirit employee was involved

Spirit has some balls. There's video, they pay off, but say not currently aware? Without video they wouldn't have paid off despite any other evidence. A cautionary tale. 

1) Yes, you could do that without issue. You'll have to stow it during take off and landing, but that sounds like it would even fit in the pouch behind the seat.

2) So you haven't flown since before 9/11, I take it, as the TSA was created in November 2001. That's incredible! Flying has indeed changed since then in many ways and not for the better. Besides TSA adding time and being inconsistent with procedures, airlines give you less room, uncharge you for a few inches of extra legroom in coach (which they call Premium), you get no checked bag for free in coach, and if you do only have a carry on you may be forced to leave it at the jetway so it can put into the cargo hold with the other baggage if there isn't room above you in the cabin.