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1P_justin
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2 months ago

Experiment #7 - Anti-Peek Mode

Hello 1Password Community!

At 1Password, we are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to help you use 1Password with confidence - even when you are out in the world and uncertain of how secure your surroundings are. This is why we’ve introduced Anti-Peek Mode, a new 1Password Labs feature for our Android and iOS applications that provides additional protection from unwanted shoulder surfing when using 1Password in unsecured, public environments.

How does it work?

When you enable Anti-Peek Mode in the 1Password app on your Android or iOS device, the following protections are applied making it harder for those around you to peek at your data:

  • Items on the Home screen are blurred and require a long press to reveal
  • Usernames, in addition to passwords, are also concealed by default on item detail screens and must be revealed to see
  • Usernames are no longer displayed as subtitles for items on the Home or Search screens
  • Quick actions when tapping on an item field are disabled and any actions (such as Reveal) must be invoked via the item’s overflow menu
  • Recent search results are hidden.
  • The “Always show passwords and full credit card numbers” option is disabled.
  • Screenshots and screen recording are disabled (Android only)

How to try Anti-Peek Mode

To try out Anti-Peek mode, first, make sure that you are on the latest version of 1Password (8.10.62) on your iOS or Android device. Then, go to Settings > Labs > Anti-Peek Mode and simply enable the feature.

We would love to hear what you think of Anti-Peek Mode as we work to make this feature even better! Once you’ve had a chance to try it out, make sure to share your feedback via this survey or by simply posting a comment below.

📣This feature will only be available in Labs until May 31, 2025  so try it out today!

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  • Steinthal's avatar
    Steinthal
    New Contributor
    18 days ago

    This feature isn’t really helpful in its current implementation. The entries are far too blurry to decide which one is the one I’m looking for. Tapping and holding on some I suspect to be the one I’m looking for takes too much time. 

    At least the icon should be clearly visible, as suggested in a post above. 

  • Felix98's avatar
    Felix98
    New Contributor
    27 days ago

    It’s a great feature.

     

    I would love to enable it more quickly. In a banking app, I can enable this with a simple hand swipe close above the camera. I believe one of the FaceID sensors detects this. This would be incredibly convenient. Need to hide your stuff? Just swipe and done.

    • 1P_justin's avatar
      1P_justin
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      26 days ago

      Thanks for trying out the feature and for the suggestion! Makes total sense and something we will take a look at sometime after this initial Labs phase!

  • sharpdot6018's avatar
    sharpdot6018
    New Contributor
    2 months ago

    This would be great if it had the option to be used with the Location-awareness added in the “Nearby Items” Lab experiment.

    It’s too clunky to access for me to use otherwise and makes the home screen almost completely useless for me.

    Thanks

    • 1P_justin's avatar
      1P_justin
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      2 months ago

      Thanks so much for sharing your feedback! I love the idea of tying those things together so that the feature can be a little smarter about what to hide and show.

  • Nusaram's avatar
    Nusaram
    Frequent Contributor
    2 months ago

    I agree that this feature is a valuable feature and that a quick way to enable without multiple presses to get to the settings is needed.

  • justincredible's avatar
    justincredible
    New Contributor
    2 months ago

    This is a cool feature and I can see the benefits. I do think that the Home screen is too greatly affected at the moment since there’s no easy way to toggle this feature on the fly, as Manaburner mentioned. Would it defeat the purpose to still show the icon or item title since the username field doesn’t display anyway? Otherwise I’m looking at my Home screen and I can’t differentiate the items, which strips away any convenience.

    • 1P_justin's avatar
      1P_justin
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      2 months ago

      Appreciate you trying out the feature! That's a great idea and one that we've discussed internally as well. I don't think it defeats the purpose but there may be some users who feel they want that additional level of obfuscation. If anything, it may simply mean that we may need to add more granular controls to this mode for maximum usability. Thanks for sharing!

  • Manaburner's avatar
    Manaburner
    Super Contributor
    2 months ago

    I like the idea, but there needs to be a way to easily enable and disable this mode like turning your phone face down or something. 
    When I suspect someone looking over my shoulder I need a quick way to enable this feature instead of having to fiddle around in the settings 

    • 1P_justin's avatar
      1P_justin
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      2 months ago

      Thanks so much for taking the time to try out the feature and for the feedback Manaburner! I agree that having a quick and discreet enable option would be really useful for this particular feature. Will definitely note that down for future consideration.