By <https://9to5mac.com/author/filipeesposito/> Filipe Espósito.
In addition to the redesigned Home screen with
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/how-to-use-iphone-home-screen-widgets-ios-14
/> widgets,
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/03/how-to-use-iphone-app-library-ios-14/> App
Library, and features like
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/07/02/how-apple-new-car-key-feature-works/> Car
Key, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 brings important enhancements to iCloud Keychain.
Apple has made improvements to give users access to more helpful information
about their passwords. Read on for a hands-on look at whats changed on
iCloud Keychain with iOS 14.
If youre not familiar with iCloud Keychain, it stores and syncs all your
passwords from different websites and apps through iCloud. Users can access
the iCloud Keychain with an iPhone or iPad by opening the Settings app and
then tapping the Passwords menu.
With iOS 14, Apple offers a new Security Recommendations menu that shows
only your passwords that could put your accounts at risk for some reason.
This includes passwords that are easy to guess and even those that may have
leaked on the web.
iCloud Keychain now clarifies what the problem is with the password for each
specific account saved there, so users can learn more about creating
stronger passwords. Some of these features were already present in iOS 13,
but they werent as prominent as in iOS 14.
Here are some examples of security alerts provided by iCloud Keychain on iOS
14:
* Many people use this password, which makes it easy to guess.
* This password is easy to guess.
* This password uses a sequence, 123. Using common patterns makes
passwords easy to guess.
Theres a new alert in particular thats also one of the most important for
users. According to Apple, iCloud Keychain now verifies if your passwords
are involved in a data breach. This is important not only to let you change
your password immediately, but also to be aware of what other accounts may
be affected if you use a repeated or similar password.
Heres how the company describes the feature, which is also present on macOS
Big Sur:
Safari securely monitors your saved passwords, automatically keeping an eye
out for passwords that may have been involved in a data breach. To do this,
Safari uses strong cryptographic techniques to regularly check derivations
of your passwords against a list of breached passwords in a secure and
private way that doesnt reveal your password information even to Apple.
If Safari discovers a breach, it can help you upgrade to Sign in with Apple
when available, or automatically generate a new secure password.
In addition to the iCloud Keychain improvements, Apple announced an
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/05/apple-releases-new-open-source-password-mana
ger-resources-project-for-developers/> open source project to help
developers support strong passwords that are compatible with popular
websites. The company is also adding
<https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/24/safari-face-id-touch-id-support-bypass-passw
ords/> Touch ID and Face ID support in Safari through the Web Authentication
API.
iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur are expected to be available to the
public this fall.
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