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sj0123
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
Security concerns about 1password 8 for windows
Hello.
While trying to find a safe way to delete 1password data from my computer just in case I give or sell my computer to someone, I found the file that hold informations of the 1password account...
sj0123
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
Thank you so much for your answer. I fully understand the fact that it isn’t possible to encrypt the secret key and it is possible for an attacker to gain access to stored secret key once he gets access to my computer. However, what I’m saying is that it should be as hard as possible for attackers to retrieve actual keys from a computer(not only the secret key, any information that might be stored in local devices which, if exposed, can be used in cracking attempts.
As I said in the first post, dedicated security chips such as TPM chips, secure enclave for IPhones, and arm trustzone technology, would be a great solution to achieve this as these chips run seperately from the main operating system and gaining access to protected data is extremely difficult, given that the user maintains a secure environment on there systems.
This also would make it possible to unlock 1password with faster methods, such as windows hello across reboots which isn't implemented yet.
This was more of a suggesstion. even if it isn't possible, I understand that, but I really hope I can unlock 1password using windows hello across reboots or process terminations, and 1password being more secure in general.
Thank you.