Experiment #3 - Nearby Items

Hi likethesky, I worked on the iOS aspects of this labs experiment so am answering these queries from that perspective, if you are using Android, let us know and we will ask an Android developer to help.

What kind of battery drain will this app cause on my phone if I enable “always allow?”

We don't continually track a users location in real time or at all when the app is in the background. We only currently request an updated location from the device in very specific circumstances in order to minimize any impact on battery life.

For example, if the nearby tile is enabled, we only request a location when the app unlocks or when the user loads their home screen. If the "Nearby" tile is not enabled on the home screen, we dont request a location from the device on unlock or when the home screen is loaded. We also have some time based filters in there too, to avoid it being checked too often.

We are using and testing this features ourselves and have had no reported issues to date with respect to impact on device battery life.

do you log my location in any way

1Password does not log a users location in any way. Your location is only used to a) assign "current location" to an encrypted item, and b) used to compute the distance between you and your items. For those not comfortable using their system maps provider, we've made that aspect opt-in so that you maintain full control over your item location data.

Please let us know if you have any more questions.