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Creating masked emails in the app?
I started using Fastmail and the masked emails feature. It works great, until it doesn’t. If I can’t get the safari extensions to show the create masked email option (usually from poor website design), the only other option is to sign into Fastmail and create one from there and then I have to go back to 1Password to input it to there and then finally back to the website.
Why is there no way from within the app to generate these emails?
Hello joshmurphy! 👋
Thank you for the feedback! We do have an existing feature request open to add the ability to generate a masked email address using the 1Password app and I'll add your vote there so that the product team is aware that this is something that you'd like to see. 🙂
-Dave
ref: IDEA-I-1983
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- eastvillainNew Contributor
+1 here. Masked email integration is my number one use case for a password manager, and it is almost useless in 1password. I end up going to the fastmail website to create new aliases almost every time
- DefiCzechFrequent Contributor
Is this feature in roadmap or not. Masked mail create suggestion in desktop browser is not reliable at all. And create masked mail in app also solves mobile app.
- Kester_D_1P
1Password Team
Hi loopsided - thanks for the additional feedback - I've updated the feature request that Dave filed on your behalf to include these details.
- loopsidedNew Contributor
Absolutely.
Another example, when I come across a sign-up or sign-in prompt within an application for which I don't yet have an account, if the application was designed correctly, it'll prompt me to use my password manager.
In that modal, 1Password lets me generate a password. But it only suggests using my private email address for the email field.
As I see it, the simplest way to solve this would be to offer to create a masked email whenever the focus in 1Password's app is on an email field (or next to any email text input box).
- 1P_Dave
Moderator
Thank you for that example. That doesn't appear to be a sign-up page which is why 1Password isn't suggesting a masked email address there. If you navigate to the sign-up page for withjoy.com and tap on the email field then 1Password will suggest a masked email address there.
By design, masked email aliases are only suggested on sign-up pages at the moment.
That being said, I can see how it would be useful to have 1Password generate a masked email alias on any page and I've filed a feature request on your behalf.
-Dave
ref: PB-39766164
- loopsidedNew Contributor
Here's an example where 1Password found an email field, but doesn't offer to create a masked email.
I'm well acquainted with Fastmail's application, as I constantly have to use it given that 1Password hardly ever suggests creating a masked email, but appreciate the suggestion.
- 1P_Dave
Moderator
Thank you for the feedback, I've let the team know that manually generating masked email aliases is something that is important to you. For the time being, I personally use the Fastmail iOS app to manually generate a masked email address if needed in a pinch.
Given that the browser extension hardly ever suggests to create a masked email when I'd like it to
I'm sorry to hear that 1Password in the browser isn't identifying places where it should be offering to generate a masked email alias. The next time that you come across one of these webpages, would you mind sharing the link to the webpage with me? I can file an issue to have our development team fix the issue on that page.
If you don't want to post the links on the public forum then you can send the link to
support+forum@1Password.com
and include a link to this forum thread. 🙂-Dave
ref: PB-39766164
- loopsidedNew Contributor
Ah, I expected to be the first to report this.
Given that the browser extension hardly ever suggests to create a masked email when I'd like it to, this is particularly frustrating.
I'm even more disappointed now to learn 1Password has been asked to fix this problem several times over nearly two years.
But, I'm glad to learn that competitors have implemented this already.
I'll be cancelling my auto-renewal and switching over should this not be fixed when that time comes.
- Kester_D_1P
1Password Team
Thank you altaic1environs1lant - I've shared your feedback with the Product Team. 🙂
ref: PB-39717497
- altaic1environs1lantNew Contributor
Adding my voice - longtime 1Password user but just moved from Simplelogin to Fastmail for masked email using custom domain.
Being able to generate the masked email directly in 1Password (like Proton Pass does) would be amazing...