1Password's use of Secure Input

@FogCityNative

I'm in favor of less security and more compatibility with Text Expander or Typinator.

I don't think it would be fair for us to assume that our customer base as a whole would agree here. I wouldn't suspect the majority use macro utilities and outbound firewalls. Security and convenience tend to be opposing factors. We try to strike the best balance for the most common use case. When there is no balance to be found, we do have a tendency to favor security.

Charles_Butcher

Would it help if, in the 1Password login window, it were possible to move focus away from the master password field? When I’ve had problems in the past I’ve sometimes felt that that password field is holding the whole system to ransom.

What would we move the focus to instead? I'd suggest in cases like this it may make the most sense to close the 1Password window. It is possible to keep the app running in the background without the window being open.

Another strangeness: I’ve also previously found that TextExpander works when I am editing entries in 1Password 8. This is welcome, as long as it doesn’t compromise security, but doesn’t sound to me like expected behaviour :-)

The only recent changes we've made that I'm aware of with regard to our usage of Secure Input are related to the search field. 🤔 I'll do some checking with my colleagues to see if anyone is able to reproduce this. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Ben