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"Download Your Information. We want happy customers, not trapped ones."
ModeratorHello sixtdb! 👋
Thanks for reaching out! As you mentioned, 1Password provides two different unencrypted export formats so that you can take your data with you if you decide to leave 1Password in the future:
- A CSV export that is compatible with almost all other password managers. The CSV format isn't the most resilient so only a limited set of fields is included.
- A 1PUX export that includes a lossless copy of all of your data, files, and items aside from passkeys.
Exports are not designed to be read directly by a human (although they can be opened using a text editor). They’re intended for use by another password manager to import your passwords and other data from 1Password. It’s the password manager app itself that’s responsible for presenting the data in a human-readable format. If you choose not to use 1Password for that, you’ll need to use a different password manager app to import and render your data.
1Password provides these export options so that you can move your data to another password manager in the future if you choose to do so without being trapped in 1Password. Can you tell me a little more about why you're looking to export your items and then view them outside of 1Password or another password manager? I'd like to understand your use case a little better.
-Dave
Dave, Thank you for your comments in regard to my wanting to export ‘My’ data from 1Password. I feel there is no need to revisit ‘CSV’, ‘1PUX and ‘Unencrypted Export Format’ - we all have a good understanding of what they do and the risks. The point missed is the ability for a ‘normal’ user to be able to export ‘All’ of their data in a meaningful way. You make the case that CSV does not export all data (namely custom fields) and that 1PUX does (without Passcodes). You continue by referencing that the 1PUX export format ‘can move your data to another password manager in the future’. I presently do not wish to ‘move’, but do wish export ‘all’ of my data for the purposes of being able to ‘backup’ that data to an off-cloud, personal facility. Whilst I am sure 1Password is secure (presently), and encrypted, we live in a world where cybercrime is prevalent and increasing. In the UK the list of major companies (including Jaguar Land Rover, M&S, Harrods, CO-OP) suffering data breaches, places the risk to personal data, high. I am personally experiencing this presently with the JLR breach. The need to easily access one’s own data, in an easily accessible manor, is paramount to the individuals data security. It is also a fundamental right. I have no issue with the 1Password software and will continue to use it, but having a responsibility for ‘family’ data means it falls upon me to make sure their data is secure and that I can guarantee a backup of their data, should a breach or other occur. I would like to think that ‘1Password’ as a company, seriously consider their own marketing and privacy policy when stating;
“Download Your Information. We want happy customers, not trapped ones”
Alan (Sixtdb)
What exactly would you have 1Password do which they currently don't?
While there are not yet many useful answers to the question, you might be interested in What type of backup do you use?.
