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siplhium
Dedicated Contributor
2 years ago

Ignore 2FA code inputs?

Shouldn't 1password be ignoring 2FA code inputs that don't use one-time passwords; e.g., sites that only pass 2FA codes by text or email? Every time I have to use on of these sites, I have to press ...
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1P_Evon
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2 years ago

siplhium, thank you! I've located your support ticket and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

You mentioned:

if 1P can't be made to ignore certain inputs, how does it know how to fill in fields for, say, various credit card-related fields, phone numbers, etc.? It must be looking at something; labels, input names...?

The 1Password browser extension collects a bunch of details about the page, for example, unique element attributes, for every field and sends it over to the background 1Password helper process. Then, the details that are collected get processed by our form filling that we call 'brain'. The brain has all the logic about how to fill pages. Once the processing is complete, it generates instructions on which values from the Login item to autofill in which fields of the page.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any further questions.

-Evon

ref: GCU-56433-236