It’s pretty easy to get Apple Passwords to lose data.

[marcedwards@mastodon.social]

It’s pretty easy to get Apple Passwords to lose data.

Create a new item with a password of “a”. Sync to two devices. Turn off internet on both devices. Set the password to “b” on one device, and “c” on the other device. Turn on internet. The conflict gets resolved silently. “b” might win, or “c” might win, probably based which changed most recently.

[marcedwards@mastodon.social]

Apple Passwords has password history, but the discarded data wasn’t in my history. Note there’s no “b” item in my history.

[marcedwards@mastodon.social]

iCloud Drive also silently resolves conflicts using a similar method, potentially destroying data. The same test can be used. Dropbox, Tresorit and other cloud storage services keep timestanped copies of files when it’s not obvious which version is the latest.

[marcedwards@mastodon.social]

There is zero chance I will use any service that thinks silently deleting data is an acceptable strategy for conflict resolution.