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Former Member
5 years agoWhy does 1Password sometimes ask for my Master Password and not accept Touch ID
Hi, every 3 days or so 1Password on my Mac asks me to enter my Master ID even though most of the time Touch ID is enough. Why is this? I find it very problematic because my Master ID is complex (as i...
Former Member
5 years ago@annabelled:
So my takeaway is that I'll always need to remember my Master Password even though I would have thought that it doesn't get more secure than Touch ID.
That's absolutely correct: your data is encrypted with your Master Password, so while Touch ID is convenient so you don't have to type your password very often, it is not a substitute for the password :+1: