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Secret key in clear text in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\1Password\1password.sqlite
1Password v8 seem to store its local data in C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\1Password\1password.sqlite.
With any sqlite client, it's dead easy to extract the secret key(s) of your account(s) with an ...
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1Password Team
1Password Team@blankspace We had these discussions in the past. There is probably more than one thread in the forum about it.
The purpose of the Secret Key is to make the data stored on 1Password.com completely safe, even if the server data was stolen and the user had a weak master password. We originally called this value the "Account Key" but many customers would email it to us and we decided to rename it to "Secret Key" to help with this. It solved one problem but created another 😄
In short, the best we can do with this value is obfuscate it. We don't have anything to encrypt it with. The master password is what protects the local data. The "Secret Key" provides the guarantee that the data on the server is safe.
