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Forum Discussion
Biometric time out
Why do I now need to enter my password every 2 weeks? My phone is as secure as it's going to get (and requires biometric for all use). Meanwhile typing the password once every 2 weeks is a royal pain in the backside (it's a complicated password). I've been using 1Password for nearly a decade now, and every time there's a new version of 1Password it takes 2 good steps forward and 1 big step backward (on something, for Android this seems to be the current thing, for Windows its lack of AutoType). 😔
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It is easy to type, on a PC. I type it roughly 25 times per day as I use different business systems. But typing it on a phone is very difficult with uppercase and symbols off in different "parts" of the keyboard.
A timer is fine, but make it optional so I can have no timer.
Jack_P_1P1Password Team
Hi wraith:
Generally speaking your password should be relatively easy to type. We saw many cases of people forgetting their account password, and adding the 2 week reminder per device has helped reduce the frequency of people forgetting their password and reaching out to us. We're still evaluating options here, and what my colleague has been advocating for (and what I'd like to see as well) is a synchronized two week timer across all of your devices, where an unlock with your account password on any device would reset it on all of your devices.
Jack
