Norton Identity Safe Public Beta

[smithy Super Virus Trouncer Mobile Master (Norton Mobile Users Discussion Forum)]

Hi

Installed Identity Safe Beta the other day on my Android test phone and i

have to say it is not too bad a little bit hit and miss as most websites will

not auto fill for logins about 75 % tried would not work.

But one thing missing is the ability to import bookmarks from default Android

browser. I understand that NID Safe is mainly designed to just access favs

saved to the cloud NID Safe but using the Safeweb search is handy for normal

internet browsing, but a little bit limited with results  when using the Ask powered

search engine, but it is still a good idea as you can use the Ask search engine

and Safeweb and Site  Rating without even logging in with NID Safe details.

One website that i selected had the auto fill inserted but when i chose to login

the page reloaded but still showed at the top to login and not logout.

Also a few force close one was when using the Ask search when not logged

into ID Safe after the mobile web page had loaded checked Site Saftey then

force close, repeated same steps second time all ok for about a minute then

force close with the same webiste- www.holden.com.au/

Otherwise a pretty good start for a new beta application for Android from the

Symantec Norton Team.Keep up the great work.

Samsung Galaxy Ace

Android 2.3.4

NID Safe Version 1.0.0, build #50

Cheers.

Edit- i can supply via PM all the websites tested with cloud ID Safe logins if

required.

[MarkusG]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

We know that the password auto-fill feature does not work properly with a few websites. We are working on a way to give you easy access to your username and password so that you can log in manually when auto-fill didn't work.

Regarding import of bookmarks, I agree that this would be a very useful feature. For now we're concentrating on managing usernames & passwords, but we might consider boomark import in the future. I am glad to hear though that you find the IDSafe webbrowser in itself useful.

Feel free to PM me with the websites that crashed the app so we can make sure to take a look at those.

[smithy Super Virus Trouncer Mobile Master (Norton Mobile Users Discussion Forum)]

Hi all

Had some more time to test this new app from Symantec and i am finding

it to be a very usefull with the browser feature and Norton Safe Web.

Have not used the Ask powered search engine much but it is starting to

impress me along with Safe Web which i use all the time when browsing

the internet on my laptops and PC using NIS. And to have Safe Web now

on my phone and tablet is a added bonus.

And on the subject of tablets ID Safe Beta looks great on my Xoom tablet,

really i mean it is awesome the layout on the tablet screen is great very

impressed with the compatibility.

Will keep playing with this app and look forward to seeing the progress

of this very promissing Symantec Norton Android application as it goes

thru the Beta stages of development.

Cheers.

[smithy Super Virus Trouncer Mobile Master (Norton Mobile Users Discussion Forum)]

This is the QR Code for Symantec Norton Identity Safe Beta

apk download for Android devices.

If you do not have a QR Code app for your Android device

try Norton Snap QR Code Reader from the Android Market

from the link here .

Cheers.

[Cliffordj]

I have a very different opinion. It shouldn't be implemented a seperate browser but a plugin for Dolphin and Firefox. No matter how hard symantec tries, they will never be able to keep up a browser. I already found cases where the browser was unable to render a page with a long refere from a email link. Even WebOS was unable to produce a competitive browser out of the box. Popular brwoser support add-ons and those add-ons make using the web on a mobile device eaier and I think most people would be unwilling to give up their favorite browser and add-ons for the benefit of idsafe. There are too many alternatives that work with the existing popular browsers.

I prefer to periodically export my IDSafe data and import it into Keepass and search for my credentials as needed rather than be forced to use another browser.