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[-] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Password managers have been a thing for like 20 years?

[-] Dusty@lemmy.dustybeer.com 1 points 2 years ago

And services like firefox relay so yo don't have to give up your own email addres and can easily turn it off if it ends up on a spam list. For a service like Jellyfin a forum is the best way to go.

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 0 points 2 years ago

Not quite- I'd say they really became popular / usable around 10-15 years ago. In the early 2000s, people either used internet explorer, or opera.

Opera /chrome didn't support extensions until 2009.

NOT- saying they didn't exist, but, the idea of a browser-integrated password manager wasn't a huge thing back then, I don't believe.

[-] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I don't remember the year but I was using roboform quite some time ago, and keepass existed and I actually used something for years before that. Easily in like 2004. It doesn't have to (and I think better if it doesn't) plug into the browser. They used keyboards and tabs to input the info.

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 2 years ago

Roboform was originally released in 2000.

Internet Explorer supported extensions for a long time (at least since IE5, maybe even IE3 or 4), and Firefox did too.

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