iOS - Use the Safari Extension and Privowny Autofill to register and log in with Privowny App

Our application is designed to support iOS versions 10 and above.

Depending on your device’s iOS version and configuration, Privowny App offers two tools that give you access to your Password Manager to help you register or login: the Safari Extension & Privowny Autofill.

Safari Extension & Privowny Autofill: what’s the difference?

The Safari Extension is available on all supported versions of iOS, but only in the Safari mobile browser. Accessed through the Share button, it gives you quick access to your Password Manager from registration or login forms to create new accounts or retrieve your credentials.

Privowny Autofill, available on iOS 12 or later, uses Apple’s native autofill password feature to give you access to your saved credentials directly from the top of your Apple keyboard. With it, enjoy easy logins on all your favorite apps and website (on any browser).

 

* The key icon appears on your keyboard, but due to technical limitations from Apple, the autofill will not work properly on registration forms.
** More information about the Safari Extension's limitations here.
*** What is iCloud Keychain and why should you disable it?

Using the Safari Extension to generate account credentials and register

Let’s say you are visiting a website and would like to register a new account with strong credentials and save it in your Password Manager. On the registration page, before you tap in any field, tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (OI logo). The Password Manager opens up. Click on the yellow “+” to add an account.

 

 

 

In the creation page, you can generate an alias email address and a password or enter credentials of your choosing, and save them. The Password Manager then goes away, returning you to the website’s original form, already filled with the credentials you just created.

Generate and save alias an email address & a strong password

With the Safari Extension, you can create a truly secure and private account by generating an alias email address and a strong password.

1. Tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (OI logo).
2. Your Password Manager opens up —> Click on the yellow “+” to create a new account
3. Tap on the  icon to generate an alias email address to use as a User ID
4. Generate a strong password that meets the specified requirements
   
   • Tap on the icon
   • In the pop-up, customize your password so that it meets the website’s requirements and tap on “Use generated password”
5. Simply tap on “Save and fill” to save these credentials in your Password Manager and return to the original form
6. On the now-filled registration form, don’t forget to tap on “Register” or “Sign up”

You can also use credentials of your own choosing if you prefer.

Login credentials = User ID + Password. The set is saved as an entity and can be retrieved together when you need to access an account. A User ID can be a lot of different things: a username, an email address, a phone number, etc.

Generate and customize a password only

Let’s say you want to register with your own User ID (which may not be an email address) and to customize the password for your new account credentials:

1. Tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (OI logo).
2. Your Password Manager opens up —> Click on the yellow “+” to create a new account
3. Enter the User ID of your choice
4. Generate a strong password that meets the specified requirements:
   • Tap on the icon
   • In the pop-up, customize your password so that it meets the website’s requirements and tap on “Use generated password”
5. Tap on “Save and Fill”

This set of credentials is saved in your Password Manager and you are returned to the now-filled registration form.

Generate an alias email address only

If you are only interested in generating an alias email address and want to use your own password, you can do that too.

1. Tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (OI logo).
2. Your Password Manager opens up —> Tap on the yellow “+” to create a new account
3. Tap on the icon to generate an alias email address to use as a User ID
4. Enter a password of your own choosing
5. Tap on “Save and Fill”

This set of credentials is saved in your Password Manager and you are returned to the now-filled registration form.

Using the Safari Extension to log in

Retrieve a set of login credentials saved in your Password Manager

The Safari Extension can fill forms with credentials saved in your Password Manager in the Safari mobile browser. If you are on iOS12 or later, you can use Privowny Autofill to do so directly from your Apple keyboard. If you want to retrieve your credentials in an other browser or app, you will need to use Privowny Autofill.

In order to use this feature on your Apple device, you need to activate the Safari Extension in your app’s Settings.

In Safari, if you already have an account saved in your Password Manager for the website you are on and you need to log in to your account, then, from the Share button:

1. Find the Safari Extension icon (OI logo)
2. Select the account you wish to use from the offered list
3. If you don’t see the account you want in the list and are sure it is saved in your Password Manager, you can use the search function to find it!
4. Enter your Master Key or use Touch ID/Face ID to retrieve your encrypted password

Your login credentials are retrieved and the login form is filled.

Your Master Key is a sequence of characters that you created and that you and only you know. It is used to decrypt the sensitive data stored in your Managers. You are its only guardian, we truly have no access to it (and therefore can’t misuse it or put it at risk), so make sure to keep it safe and not lose it or your encrypted data would stay in gibberish form forever. The good news is this is the only password you now need to remember!

To use Face ID or Touch ID, you need to link it to your Master Key. It is as safe as entering the Master Key and more convenient. To set up Face ID or Touch ID, go to the Settings, and under “Biometric authentication” tap on the relevant toggle to enable the one you want.

Log in and save account credentials into your Password Manager

You wish to log into your favorite website and already have an account but you want to save it in your Privowny App Password Manager. That’s a good idea, here’s how to do that with the Safari Extension:

1. Tap on the Share button and find the Safari Extension icon (OI logo).
2. Your Password Manager opens up —> Click on the yellow “+” to create a new account
3. Enter the login credentials for the account you wish to save
4. Tap on “Save and Fill”

Your login credentials are saved in your Password Manager and you are returned to the now-filled login form.

Using Privowny Autofill to log in

Privowny Autofill can fill forms with credentials saved in your Password Manager in any browser or app, directly from your Apple keyboard. This is only available on iOS versions 12 and later. If your device operates on an earlier version or if you don’t use the Apple keyboard, you will only be able to use the Safari Extension to log into websites on Safari. 

In order to use this feature on your Apple device, you need to activate Privowny Autofill in your app’s Settings.

 

Retrieve a set of login credentials saved in your Password Manager

If you already have an account saved in your Password Manager for the website/app you are on and you need to log in to your account, then, from the top of your Apple keyboard:

1. Tap on “Passwords” or the suggested account next to the key icon in the keyboard bar
   
   • If you have iCloud Keychain activated as well as Privowny App, select Privowny App
   • If you have more than 1 account saved in your Password Manager for the website/app you are on, select the one you want to use from the offered list 
2. Enter your Master Key or use Touch ID/Face ID to retrieve your encrypted password

Your login credentials are retrieved and the login form is filled.

Log in and save account credentials into your Password Manager

You wish to log into your favorite website/app and already have an account but you want to save it in your Privowny App Password Manager. That’s a good idea, here’s how to do that:

1. Tap on “Passwords” next to the key icon in the keyboard bar
2. Your Password Manager opens up
   • If you don’t already have an account saved, it opens on the “Add an account” page
   • If you already have an account saved for that website/app, but would like to add another set of credentials, simply tap on the yellow “+”
3. Enter the login credentials for the account you wish to save
4. Tap on “Save and Fill”

Your login credentials are saved in your Password Manager and you are returned to the now-filled login form.