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Alastair_Bor
3 years agoOccasional Contributor
Auto-Unlock ALL accounts when unlocking
It seems a new feature of 1PW8 is that when 1PW auto-locks you need to separately unlock each account when going back into the app. This isn't how 1PW7 worked and I'd like to suggest a feature where ...
Jack_P_1P
1Password Team
3 years agoHi Alastair_Bor:
The previous behavior (where the first 1Password account added to the app would unlock the rest) could result in a situation where depending on which account you added first to the app, you could have different unlock passwords per device. Additionally, if you used a 1Password account for work, and your administrators enforced a password policy on that account, it could not be guaranteed that the password policy was followed, due to the account ordering aspect mentioned. This behavior ensures that you're exactly sure which password unlocks which accounts, as well as keeps you from forgetting multiple account passwords if that's a situation you'd prefer. For example, with the prior behavior, it was possible to have a 1Password account unlocked by another, and never know the first password. If you needed to add that 1Password account to a new device, unless you had separately noted down that account's specific account password, you could possibly be locked out of it if you no longer had access to the "unlocking" 1Password account.
Our general recommendation is that each person has a single 1Password account password for any 1Password accounts they may have: How to use multiple accounts
Jack