WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT A PASSWORDS APP?

YOUR TOP 5 QUESTIONS ANSWERED

- CULLEN THOMAS

Apple has finally launched their own dedicated password manager, available since September 2024 on all Apple devices and even on Windows, with the new updated iCloud for Windows apps. It's important to look at any security system closely, so here are the top five questions about the Passwords app.

1 Is the Passwords App Safe to Use?

You may have noticed the new Passwords app as soon as you updated to iOS 18, but is it really safe to save passwords on your phone?

Yes. In fact, it's much safer than saving them in your head or on a piece of paper, even a journal.

We need to use passwords in so many different places these days: from banking, to Netflix, to hundreds of other accounts online. Every one of those accounts has a copy of the password you use there-a record that can be compromised. If you try to keep track of a few good passwords on a piece of paper or in your head, then you will inevitably have to reuse passwords, and any password that is reused is unsafe, since it can be compromised when any of the places it was used is hacked.

Instead, it is much easier and more secure to use your iPhone to generate a unique, strong password that you don’t need to memorize for every account. That’s what the Passwords app does: it generates and saves unique strong passwords, so all your accounts are secure and you don’t have to memorize anything.