Let’s talk about the conclusion first: because it can not only help you have a better auto-fill password experience, but also quickly help you connect to related platforms.
Let’s first look at the rendering below. Assuming that your Alibaba Cloud account has the correct URL set, the system will directly recommend the stored account and password the next time you log in with your account and password. You can automatically do this with just one click. Fill in the account password. You don’t need to remember your password at all, and you don’t need to open PassLock to copy and then switch and paste back and forth. Who would like such a troublesome operation? That’s the beauty of password autofill.
Without further ado, let us explain from a professional perspective why we recommend that you try to set the correct URL for each pair of accounts.
One of the main goals of PassLock is to provide you with a secure and convenient way to manage and populate the accounts and passwords they use across the web. Starting from iOS12, the password manager can be seamlessly integrated with iOS and macOS, making password access and filling easier. However, for best results, you need to ensure that each saved account is associated with the correct URL. Because this is the technical need for developers from the Apple ecosystem.
Refer to Apple’s official documentation: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/1617986-secaddsharedwebcredential/
Keywords: algorithm recommendation. To put it simply, when you open an app or website to fill in your account and password, the system needs information to determine which account you have previously saved for this app or website, and then recommends the closest one to you based on an algorithm. As we In the Alibaba Cloud login screenshot provided above, because the URL aliyun.com has been preset in advance, the system automatically recommends the account and password for you when you need to log in to the Alibaba Cloud program.
Moreover, only the website address can meet the needs of browsers and apps at once. The browser displays content in the form of a website, and the URL (website address) is the unique identification of the website.
In 1991, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, which is the URL that we often see starting with www. The PC Internet era, with websites as its main manifestation, began to develop rapidly. Until now, websites and browsers are still the source of productivity in the Internet age. Before Steve Jobs invented the mobile Internet, Apple's main businesses were Macs, iPods, etc. Automatically filling in passwords is a new feature that only appeared in 2017. At this time, Apple's ecosystem already includes Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple watch, etc., and Safari is an important part of these devices. We are still inseparable from browsers and websites. Automatic password filling between browsers and multi-terminal devices requires a connector, and the URL is the best choice.
Let you guys to enter a correct URL is too much trouble for anyone to remember, especially in the age of mobile networks. During the development process, I changed it many times because of this requirement, and finally it became what it is now. You don't need to remember the URL of the platform you want to save, just enter the name of the platform and we will do the rest. As shown below
