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Watchtower Score not increased by MFA, passkeys or better passwords
Months ago my score for over five hundred (mostly Login) items was N. Since then I have
* replaced many tens of VERY GOOD passwords with EXCELLENT passwords,
* added tens of one-time passwords†, ...
1P_Dave That is going to be tricky given that the 1Password app on Android is protected from screenshots, giving the error, "This action isn't allowed by the app or your organization" or capturing a blank screen. I believe this is an application - not a user or platform - setting, so please direct me if I am mistaken.
While trying to do this I see that the version of the beta app from the Play store which I am now using, 8.10.58, correctly (or at least consistently) reports the same score as the desktop client, though the Overall Password Strength bar is still showing the old distribution.
Since the consistency of the scores and the bar are incidental to the primary issue, I have used a rather literal workaround. See [#IHV-91499-974].
During the migration and resurrection of this thread, the wonderful 1Password support team ignored my claim that this was not urgent or important and that I only emailed at 1P_Dave's request, and we dug into this issue.
What we found was that
- Watchtower score can be easily lowered (by 5), e.g. by adding a Login item with username test and password test for insecure site http://example.com,
- Watchtower score can be increased (by 1) by deleting a Login item with a GOOD password,
- Watchtower score cannot be increased by removing several Login items with a VERY GOOD passwords,
- the Overall Password Strength bar section lengths vary between clients and screen orientation in a manner consistent with making each section selectable on each interface, and
- Support is asking the Watchtower developers to confirm that the bar variance is intended behaviour (and sharing unsolicited advice on persuasion techniques).
- 1P_Dave
Moderator
Thanks for the ping. Regarding the Watchtower password strength bar variance, minimum widths are used for the password strength bar to keep them visible. If you have any other follow-up questions, I recommend responding to the last email that you received via your support ticket and the team can help further!
-Dave
