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Backup Enhancements
I recommend that 1Password add functionality (a) to automatically remind the customer to perform a local backup of the password data, if one has not been done recently; and, (b) to automatically encr...
1Password has an obvious conflict of interest with providing the best advice, i.e. making regular backups in a safe and secure manner and importing them into another reputable password manager.
For the backup part, they give sensible advice on How to export your data from the 1Password apps, even noting this as a process to migrate to another "app" (which reflects well on 1Password), but practically can't do better than scary warnings about data not being encrypted. As for using multiple password managers, it's understandable that 1Password doesn't want to suggest it - not just because they are in competition, but that even mentioning any specific option risks being interpreted as some kind of approval.
Perhaps all the folks involved in adopting the Credential Exchange Protocol could agree to implement a "sync to [provider]" feature in each of their clients where the providers are a list for as long as it scales, then an option to provide and endpoint.
