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richsidney's avatar
richsidney
New Contributor
2 years ago

Product Suggestion: Store additional security questions & answers

Some web sites request additional security questions for recovery. Usually there are one to three of these questions, where I, the end user, must select a question from a drop-list, and provide an answer that I must remember.

I usually enter a false answer, since most of these questions (i.e.: "What street did you grow up on?") are easily found in various historical records.

I also suspect that these answers are case-sensitive, which is another twist to remembering the answer/

Currently, in order to remember these answers, I have to manually update the password item in 1Password to add both the sense of the question and the answer, in case I need them (hopefully never, since 1Password has the password. Although passwords sometimes expire, or get locked.)

I would like a feature in 1Password where the selected question and answer are stored automatically.

1Password Version: 8.10.36
Extension Version: 2.26.1
OS Version: Windows 11 23H2
Browser: Chrome, Edge

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7 Replies

  • 1P_David's avatar
    1P_David
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    2 years ago

    richsidney

    Thanks for confirming! You can continue to try those steps as a workaround for saving the security questions. If that doesn't work, then the best option at this time is still https://support.1password.com/generate-security-questions/.

    In the meantime, your request has been shared with the Product team. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with!

    -David

  • 1P_David's avatar
    1P_David
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    2 years ago

    richsidney

    I understand that you're looking to save security questions automatically, rather than enter them manually in 1Password. I've submitted a feature request to our Product team, so that they can take this into consideration.

    In the meantime, do you find that the questions are added to the item as auto-saved web details when you try saving the Login item for the site manually using the steps that Evon shared https://1password.community/discussion/comment/715044/#Comment_715044?

    -David

    ref: PB-2F41077897

  • richsidney's avatar
    richsidney
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    Yes -- that is not an issue. The issue is, once I save the initial user id and password, I have to manually enter the security question/answer pair(s) manually.

    My request is that your application detect and automatically save these pairs in the password record (for the site or application to ensure accuracy.

  • 1P_Evon's avatar
    1P_Evon
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    2 years ago

    richsidney,

    Thank you for your reply. After filling in the security question information, can you save a Login item manually from the 1Password extension? Here's how: https://support.1password.com/save-login-manually/#manually-save-a-login.

    Let me know how that goes.

    -Evon

  • richsidney's avatar
    richsidney
    New Contributor
    2 years ago

    That's what I use to save the data. However, it's a manual process. I am asking that the application automatically save the questions and answers when they are being set up, similarly to how the application saves a new password.