iPad User Magazine - UK (2020-03)

Save time and stay secure

with password autofill

Create strong passwords without having to write them down anywhere

IT WILL TAKE

10 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN

How to create and

retrieve AutoFill

passwords

YOU’LL NEED

Sites asking for

passwords

Passwords are a pain, we know.

The hassle of inventing them and

the difficulty of remembering

them explains why the most

commonly used passwords are “12345678”

and “password” every single year. But

strong passwords are essential to protect

all the things you have online: if someone

or somebody’s software can guess, say,

your Amazon password, they can do serious

damage to your finances. The good news is

that Safari’s AutoFill can create, securely store

and recall very complex passwords so you

get the benefit of strong passwords without

having to come up with or remember them.

In addition to using strong passwords,

you should never re-use passwords. That’s

because websites can and do suffer from

data breaches and people’s usernames and

passwords get leaked – and re-use gives the

bad guys the key to every site you’ve used

that password on. That’s why your iPad never

comes up with the same password twice, and

why it’ll warn you if you use any duplicates.

There’s no point in having good passwords

if you don’t also have good hardware security,

so make sure you protect your device with

Touch ID or Face ID (depending on your device)

and always protect your Apple ID with two-

factor authentication so that even if someone

does get your password, they can’t just access

your Apple account. Carrie Marshall

1

Password field

Your iPa d

or iPhone will

automatically

enter its suggested

Strong Password

when it recognises

one of these.

2

Confirmation

field

Many sites ask

you to re-enter

your password for

confirmation. Safari

will do that for you.

3

Use Strong

Password button

If you’re happy

with the suggested

password, simply

tap on this to save it

for all your devices.

4

DIY

You don’t have

to go with Safari’s

password if you

don’t want to. Tap

this button to enter

your own.

Your iPad doesn’t just remember website passwords –

these are for the control panels of the routers we’ve used.

4 |

iPadOS Password AutoFill

If someone

can guess

your account

password, they

can do serious

damage to

your finances

1

2

3

4

Save time and stay secure

with password autofill

Create strongpasswordswithout havingtowritethemdownanywhere

ITWILLTAKE

10 minutes

YOUWILLLEARN

Howtocreateand

retrieveAutoFill

passwords

YOU’LLNEED

Sites asking for

passwords

Passwords are a pain, we know.

The hassle of inventing them and

the difficulty of remembering

them explains why the most

commonly used passwords are “12345678”

and “password” every single year. But

strong passwords are essential to protect

all the things you have online: if someone

or somebody’s software can guess, say,

your Amazon password, they can do serious

damage to your finances. The good news is

that Safari’s AutoFill can create, securely store

and recall very complex passwords so you

get the benefit of strong passwords without

having to come up with or remember them.

In addition to using strong passwords,

you should never re-use passwords. That’s

because websites can and do suffer from

data breaches and people’s usernames and

passwords get leaked – and re-use gives the

bad guys the key to every site you’ve used

that password on. That’s why your iPad never

comes up with the same password twice, and

why it’ll warn you if you use any duplicates.

There’s no point in having good passwords

if you don’t also have good hardware security,

so make sure you protect your device with

Touch ID or Face ID (depending on your device)

and always protect your Apple ID with two-

factor authentication so that even if someone

does get your password, they can’t just access

your Apple account. Carrie Marshall

1

Passwordfield

Your iPa d

or iPhone will

automatically

enter its suggested

Strong Password

when it recognises

oneofthese.

2

Confirmation

field

Many sites ask

you to re-enter

your password for

confirmation. Safari

will do that for you.

3

Use Strong

Passwordbutton

If you’re happy

with the suggested

password, simply

tap on this to save it

for all your devices.

4

DIY

You don’t have

to go with Safari’s

password if you

don’t want to. Tap

this button to enter

your own.

Your iPad doesn’t just remember website passwords –

these are for the control panels of the routers we’ve used.

4 |

iPadOS Password AutoFill

If someone

can guess

your account

password, they

can do serious

damage to

your finances

1

2

3

4