This week, Apple released in the latest update of iOS and MacOS an application that is simply called “Passwords”.
In my opinion, Apple could be a serious competitor to Pass: both provide temporary emails, both manage Passkeys, but what I think sets Apple apart from Proton is the “Connect with Apple” feature. Passwords are also encrypted (for Apple via the default iCloud Keychain).
Of course, Proton does not have the same financial income as Apple, which pushes them, for example, to ask to pay for two-factor authentication. But I stay with Proton because I simply love the values of the company but also because I have my emails, my calendar, my drive that are on Proton.
Now I think it would be interesting for Proton to work on an alternative to “Connect with Google” or “Connect with Apple”. What do you think?
Consider the fact that every single password you have will be in this system. Consider the fact that if access is compromised, access to virtually everything you have access to will be compromised. I mean it would be a HUGE problem.
Now consider that no one except Apple has any idea how secure this is because none of it is open source. It’s never been audited by a third party either.