Mac 8 App and Login Two-Factor Authentication

Hi @ToddHW,

Great question! Duo (and other forms of 2FA with 1Password accounts) help to secure your actual 1Password account. The 1Password apps are just a container that holds that account data and lets you manipulate it. Further, a local copy of your account data is also stored in the 1Password app, so you can access your data without an internet connection.

In this case, when Duo is asking you to re-authenticate your account, this re-authentication is for the 1Password app to access/sync with your account data on the server, not to unlock the 1Password app itself. You just need to enter your account password to unlock the app, and you can still access the local copy of your account data.

If this wasn't the case, you may get locked out of your data with no way to regain access without an internet connection, as Duo wouldn't be able to authenticate with the server until a connection is reestablished. It's important to note that in this state, you also would not receive any updated information from the server until you re-authenticate using Duo. Further, you would need to authenticate using Duo to add your 1Password data to any new devices still.

I hope that helps clear things up.

Alex