Super secure items

I’d like to strongly support this feature request. In my opinion, 1Password needs an option to protect some “super sensitive” credentials (like banking, brokerage and rare-but-critical accounts) with an additional layer of security beyond the normal app unlock. 1Password's cloud data encryption and security won't help at all if someone unauthorized takes our smartphone (or breaks into it and tracks us live, for example, as we use the unlocked 1Password app).

In real life many people work in shared environments (coworking spaces, open-plan offices, shared home computers, etc.). If someone briefly gets access to an already-unlocked session of 1Password (or if a hacker temporarily gains remote control over a smartphone or computer), it’s bad enough that they could grab a lot of everyday passwords – but it’s catastrophic if they can immediately access all banking and financial logins as well.

If 1Password allowed us to create several “tiers” of vaults (or groups of items) with different unlock requirements and timeouts, then the most sensitive and rarely used passwords could remain protected even if the lower-sensitivity vaults were compromised. Losing one group of credentials would be a serious incident, but not an instant life disaster.

Today, a sudden complete loss of all passwords can mean a huge personal tragedy. Having one or more extra-protected vaults, requiring a separate unlock step, would significantly reduce the real-world impact of such a breach and would make 1Password much safer for people who store their entire digital life in it.