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Former Member
5 years ago

Touch ID prompt confusing

Firstly, just to say that I've been a 1Password user since 2009 and have been (and am) very happy. I subscribed as soon as the option became available and I value the ease of use across all my devic...
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5 years ago

Thank you for the kind words, jhm ❤️

We will look into the Touch ID issue, it certainly doesn't make sense to show this prompt if the Mac does not support Touch ID. The lock screen is able to detect this when presenting the password prompt and we should be able to do the same during the initial setup. Also, I am not sure if having an Apple Watch makes it different or not.

About the password. The new app does not have standalone vaults and we made it simpler and use the same account password in both the app and on 1Password.com. I'd say that even the shorter (within limits!) password would be pretty secure there because it is combined with the Secret Key.