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1P 8 Unlocking Multiple Vaults
In the past, unlocking your Master Vault would unlock ALL your vaults. This is no longer the case in 1Password 8, and it makes it kind of difficult.
We now have to unlock each vault individually. I...
1P_Dave
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Moderator@HenryY
Thank you for the reply. You're right that our advice in this instance seems to go against general advice when it comes to reusing passwords and the difference in this case is 1Password's architecture and security/authentication design. Our Principle Security Architect wrote a detailed explanation here: Two accounts - now needs two different passwords every time you login? — 1Password Support Community
If you'd like to avoid using the same account password for all of your 1Password accounts then enabling Touch ID unlock for 1Password is the best way to unlock all accounts at the same time.
I hope that helps. 😊
