Safari asking for master password....a lot

[robertcoogan]

Is there a way to disable Safari from asking for my master password every time I need to enter a password? This is very irritating...if there isn't a way to disable it, I'm moving to Firefox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law

 

[cruisin]

Do you have a login password? Because the login password does the unlocking of your passwords as well and without it there is no way to protect your passwords.

Firefox also demands you to unlock your passwords if you use the builtin Keychain, I believe. So you might have to use the Firefox password manager.

 

[chscag]

Safari stores passwords in your Keychain and whether or not you have a login password, it will ask you for your Administrator password before allowing access to the passwords. I don't use Firefox but I suspect it's the same.

 

[robertcoogan]

I've already tried that. And Firefox only asks once.

 

[chrfr]

Is there a way to disable Safari from asking for my master password every time I need to enter a password? This is very irritating...if there isn't a way to disable it, I'm moving to Firefox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law

Turn it off in the Touch ID System Preference.

 

[HDFan]

If you use 1Password (once you unlock it on first use) usernames/passwords are automatically entered into login forms with just one keypress combination

 

[NoBoMac]

Keychain Access > Edit > Change Settings for Keychain Login

Probably have "lock after X minutes" turned on. Disable or up the minute count. Downside, leaves one more open to exploits like following (but as mentioned in the articles around this, need to install some software with malware to exploit this).

https://www.cnet.com/news/keysteal-exploit-attacks-macos-keychain-to-take-all-your-passwords/