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dgkimpton
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2 months ago
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Super secure items

I have, basically, access to my entire life in 1password now and it's making me a bit twitchy. Is there a way to add a second layer of passwords to some items? I.e I would love if I could ve require...
feature request
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    prakharaug
    2 months ago

    Hey dgkimpton​ 
    For this, I generally use salting with a 4-character salting key that only I know. When saving banking or highly sensitive passwords, I add these characters after 1Password auto-fills the saved password. I’ve also added a tag to identify which passwords require this salting key. This way, even if someone gains access to my 1Password account, they still won’t be able to log in due to the additional salting key.

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1P_Dave
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2 months ago

Hello dgkimpton​! 👋

Thank you for the feedback! 1Password is designed to offer the same level of encryption-backed protection for all of the items that you store in 1Password. There aren't different security levels for different items since we want all items to be protected using the same high level of security without having to require users to configure additional options. And, unlike other services that you might use, 1Password uses encryption in addition to authentication to protect your data: Authentication and encryption in the 1Password security model

Your data is protected using both your account password and Secret Key. Even if your account password was compromised, an attacker would need your Secret Key to access your account on a new device: About your Secret Key

That being said, I've filed a feature request on your behalf. Our product team will consider your request for future versions of 1Password. 

-Dave

PB-50873578

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dgkimpton
Occasional Contributor
2 months ago

Hi Dave,

Thanks - that matches my current understanding but I was looking for little something extra specifically for the situation when my main device (mobile) is taken whilst logged in - obviously if I've already unlocked my device and 1Password (or my master password was known) then everything is immediately compromised. Whereas, if I can protect a few really important items with an additional password layer which is only ever unlocked for a few seconds it would really reduce my risk factor during device theft. It would, admittedly, be annoying to use but for things like access to savings accounts it would be very comforting.

cheers!