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Former Member
4 years agoShould I Upgrade
I am using a stand alone version (7.9.4) on an IMAC. Should I upgrade to Version 8? Will it work as a stand alone version?
1Password Version: 7.9.4
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1P_Dave
Moderator
4 years ago@sailor0703
Thank you for the detailed response! I can't argue that technology isn't constantly moving forward and we're always staying at the blazing edge of encryption and security. As newer threats to encryption arise our security and development teams will adjust our security techniques to better protect you, it's one of the benefits of having a 1Password membership! If you're interested then we describe our security in great detail here: https://1passwordstatic.com/files/security/1password-white-paper.pdf
If SSL/TLS encryption were to be broken then the entire internet would break. Services like government, banking, insurance, medical institutions (and more) that rely on SSL/TLS to protect your sensitive data would no longer be able to function securely. 1Password also uses SSL/TLS to protect 1Password account vaults but we go beyond this to also use our own transport layer authenticated encryption and end-to-end encryption on top of SSL/TLS: Three layers of encryption keeps you safe when SSL/TLS fails
I will also note that, even if you're using WLAN sync, the security of your vault is still reliant on encryption: the encryption of your local WiFI network and the encryption of the vault itself.
That being said, I understand that everyone has a different personal threat model and I respect that. We're currently looking into a self-hosted version of 1Password for users who need that option, if you have the time then please contribute your opinions so that we can look into building a version of 1Password that works for your specific needs: Self-hosted 1Password kick-starter
-Dave