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sloot
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2 years ago

revert PIN unlock fuctionality in 1P8 Android to how v7 worked

tldr: why does PIN unlock work different in v8 than it did in v7? I resisted upgrading to 1p8 for a while because there was something I didn't like. I don't remember what that was. now I'm on t...
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1P_Dave
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2 years ago

Hello sloot! 👋

Thank you for the feedback. You can use a variety of methods to unlock 1Password for Android, depending on your preferences and needs:

While older versions of 1Password did offer the option of a custom PIN, that option was dropped for a variety of reasons including the large numbers of people who set a PIN and thought that this was their account password rather than a specific PIN just for 1Password on that device. Then they moved to another device and, since they hadn't used their actual account password in some time, they found that they no longer remembered their account password and ended up being locked out.

If you're sharing your device PIN with others, something that I don't necessarily recommend doing, then you'll want to stick with either using your account password or biometrics to unlock 1Password.

-Dave