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1Password 8 Password Multiple Password Vault Unlock
So in 1PW7, I was able to unlock all my accounts with one password. However, it looks like in 1PW8, I need to unlock each account separately. We have quite a few vaults that we share with clients and...
Jack_P_1P The official workaround is to reuse my password?!?!
Tools like 1Password are intended to make the torturous hell of password management more usable and less miserable. This makes 1Password less usable and more miserable for those of us that must use multiple accounts and loved 1Password because of this seamless integration. There are ways to implement this functionality in a secure manner using OS enclaves, tokenization a single implemented in a trusted "primary" account, etc. 1Password already trusts the Touch ID framework using the "com.1password.core-biometric-unlock" item in the KeyChain on macOS to unlock multiple vaults...
As a customer, this feels like this design decision made more out of expedience than care for the customer's workflow. Like the lack of a backup import feature, it really makes 1Password 8 seem like it was developed around a deadline-driven product-cycle rather than a careful understanding of how customers use the software. As a customer it seems like 1Password's team chose to frame this loss of capability as a "security" feature to justify shipping an incomplete product.
