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Android App Profile contains Secret Key
Let me start off by saying how much I love 1Password. I came over from LastPass when they were hacked. IMO LastPass got distracted with offering other services/ apps, and lost sight of their primary...
1P_Tommy
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ModeratorThe Secret Key is about protecting your data on 1Password.com. It's required to be available on your device or you'd need to enter it each time just like your password.
https://1password.com/files/1password-white-paper.pdf
unlike your Master Password isn’t something that people could be expected to memorize or
even to type on a keyboard regularly
- Is it necessary to keep my secret key in the app profile for the app to function?
Yes, the Secret Key is half of the encryption of your data. Your password is the other half. It protects access on 1Password.com. If the key were not locally available then you'd be unable to unlock.
But while the Secret Key is unguessable it is not the kind of thing that
can be committed to human memory. Instead of being stored in your
head, your Secret Key will be stored on your device by your 1Password
client.
