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Two accounts - now needs two different passwords every time you login?
With the old version, I was able to have a personal account and a business account. Once I connected them, I only had to use my personal password going forward. Now it looks like I have to enter a pa...
A few comments on this:
- I don't even know the master passwords for some of my subsidiary accounts... because I store them in 1Password. They're 30 character random strings for increased security. Now every time I need to enter one of them, I need to remember to copy it to the clipboard (less secure) before bringing up the unlock screen (because there's no way to access passwords in an unlocked vault while that dialog is up, and then paste it.
- Even if I set them all to the same (weaker) password, typing the same password over and over again to unlock them again every 10 minutes is still more of a hassle, not less. Yes, there are still people using Macs that can't authenticate with Apple Watch / Touch ID.
- We’ve all collectively spent decades trying to get people to not reuse passwords. This really compromises that effort.
