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elliotg22
New Contributor
3 years ago

Secret key visible on web page.

I understood that the Secret Key was set up on my local system and never travels to the 1Password on cloud database. So I was surprised to see that I can view it under "My Profile" in the 1Password. ...
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Ekalb
Super Contributor
3 years ago

Hello,
To access your profile, you must enter your secret key in addition to your main password.
Select "This is a public or shared computer" on the 1Password site login page.

So knowing the master password is not enough to gain access to your profile.
If you install the application on another computer, both keys (master password and secret key are required)