Author Topic: Sparx Blocks Password Manager = Bad Bad Not Good  (Read 7497 times)

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Sparx Blocks Password Manager = Bad Bad Not Good
« on: October 21, 2021, 10:15:08 am »


Like many security-conscious humans these days, I use a password manager (1Password). All my passwords are now complex, and I don't use the same password on multiple websites. This is how life should be.

But when I need to authenticate to Sparx, I often encounter a dialogue that does not allow me to user my Password Manager app.

This is not a 'contemporary user experience', as they say in Holloywood. It's a nuisance factor.

Sparxians. Listen up here. Lift your game, please.

PS: Version 16 beta is looking good. You are nice people and your work is important to the world.

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Re: Sparx Blocks Password Manager = Bad Bad Not Good
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2021, 11:10:10 am »
Hi Thelonius,

My password manager (Roboform) has no problem with these authentication dialogs.

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Re: Sparx Blocks Password Manager = Bad Bad Not Good
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2021, 09:45:37 pm »
My LastPass doesnt recognise it either. A consistent annoyance...
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Re: Sparx Blocks Password Manager = Bad Bad Not Good
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2021, 08:17:50 am »
Can't see anything special sent that would indicate it's intentional. Just looks like a standard 401 error.
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Re: Sparx Blocks Password Manager = Bad Bad Not Good
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2021, 10:06:39 pm »
My LastPass doesnt recognise it either. A consistent annoyance...

Yes it really is a constant consistent annoyance.