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April 13, 2022
Question

1Password 8: account password required every 2 weeks?

  • April 13, 2022
  • 89 replies
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Please reconsider your decision to requires us to type our 1Password account password every 2 weeks on iOS/iPadOS.

I'm fine with typing that password every 2 weeks on my Mac and/or my PC (both with a physical keyboard) to make sure I don't forget it.

Typing my strong password with a touch keyboard is a major PITA!

In fact, I'm afraid this will turn out to be contra-productive, similar to big IT organizations requiring a new password every 90 days, resulting in people using less strong passwords...


1Password Version: 8 (all future versions)
OS Version: iOS/iPadOS

89 replies

August 31, 2022

@ben All of that is great advice, and makes sense to have that presented to the user very strongly when they change the password required interval. Hopefully that is compromise enough to keep the "never" setting and have that on all platforms.

August 31, 2022

@1P_Ben is the TestFlight app not updated anymore? I was a bit surprised to get a string of notifications for this thread with thank you messages for adding the feature back, but I couldn't find the setting in my app. Taking a look in the App Store I can see that it's now running version 8.9.3, while the TestFlight version still remains at 8.9.2 which seems a bit backward.

I want to remain on the beta branch to test new features, but if you've dropped that for iOS/iPadOS I might as well uninstall the app from TestFlight and download the app from the App Store.

1Password Employee
August 31, 2022

@Backspaze

I'm seeing v8.9.4 beta in TestFlight. Please reach out to us at support@1password.com via email so we can troubleshoot. 😃

Ben

August 31, 2022

Thanks for the quick reply @1P_Ben, I've sent an email and we'll see where it goes.

DenalB
August 31, 2022

Hey @Backspaze !

Same with me ...
https://1password.community/discussion/133120/stable-release-v8-9-3-not-available-in-testflight

September 1, 2022

Forcing a password entry every 2 weeks on iPhone/iPad should be optional and not mandatory,

September 1, 2022

@KDDU360 it is optional since the latest release, and now it's also optional on Windows as well (at least if you're using the beta version and are on 8.9.4 or higher).

September 2, 2022

@1P_Ben do you have any further information regarding adding an option for "after reboot" as it was in 1PW7? I haven't reread the entire thread, but if I recall correctly, most of the comments have been about adding the "never" option back, while I would've been happy with an "after reboot" option. So I realize I'm in the minority here, but it would be great to have that option back as well.

My way of making sure that I'll remember my password is through the use of the "after reboot" option. It's something I have control over when it happens (compared to the prior only option of a 2 week interval) and I usually only reboot my devices when an update requires it.

As it is right now, "every 2 weeks" is too often, so "never" or "every 30 days" are the only remaining options, but none of them really suits my use case. "Never" means I never have to enter my password and risk forgetting it, and "every 30 days" is something I don't have control over when it happens, as opposed to "after reboot".

September 4, 2022

Is the option available in android yet?

Edit: Ah. I see it is. You can delete this post

September 4, 2022

Is there a way to downgrade back to version 7? The more I use version 8, the less I want to use 1password. I appreciate 1passwords’ desire to ensure security, but I don’t need or want this level of handholding on my ipad.