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Unable to unlock account without selecting it
When using 1Password 8 along with version 7, I notice some discomfort when using. I suppose it is for security purposes, but in 8, only the main account is unlocked upon entering the main password, I have to unlock additional accounts separately. Which is fine, but I would like to have the option to unlock without selecting the account in the process, which is annoying because if I forget to switch back to All Accounts directly, only items from the unlocked vault are available.
I'd love to have an option to unlock all accounts with a single password, as was the behaviour in 7, but I suspect it is not technically possible when retaining security?
1Password Version: 8.9.6 (last beta)
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Hi, thanks for the explanation, I'm OK with that. I won't be using an identical password for my vaults, so at least the option to just unlock and not switch would come in handy.
ag_mike_d1Password Team
Hi finwe,
Thanks for your message. This was revised in 1Password 8 for Windows to improve security. Currently, only accounts that share an identical account password can be unlocked simultaneously. Here's a link to our guide that discusses the use of multiple accounts and about using the same 1Password account password for all your 1Password accounts
While password reuse is a bad practice, 1Password accounts work with the combination of the account password and the unique Secret Key for your accounts. I've left a link here to a thread detailing this explanation. I hope this helps.
I've included your thoughts in a feature request we have open with the product team. We appreciate the feedback!
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