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Former Member
3 years ago

Password strength ratings

Hi, Look at the 2 attachments. I used a password which was rated as "excellent". I used the same password elsewhere and it was only rated "fair". How can this be? How does 1Password check the passw...
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1P_Dave
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3 years ago

Hello @aldrozd! 👋

1Password will rate passwords that it generates as stronger than passwords that you create yourself since it knows exactly how that password was "made" and can guarantee that it's truly random. If you copy a password from one item into a different item 1Password no longer knows that the password used in that second item was generated by 1Password since it came from your device's clipboard.

I don't recommend reusing the same password for two different websites/accounts. Each website/account should use a unique password generated by 1Password: Use the password generator to change and strengthen your passwords

I hope that helps. 🙂

-Dave