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Former Member
5 years ago

Why is 2FA so frustrating in 1PW 8/ Family Membership?

I turned on 2FA through Cisco Duo app because I love security and keeping my data safe, but this is seriously hair-ripping. Every time I log into any browser, it asks me for 2FA code. It ...
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Former Member's avatar
Former Member
5 years ago

Pardon my frustration above, but I really _want _ to keep 2FA on but it's just become so difficult. Isn't 1Password support to create cookie when 2FA is authenticated on a specific browser and not ask again until logging in from a different browser or unrecognized computer/device? Is there a time period expiring where the 2FA cookie expires? Am I misunderstanding all of this?

That's how other sites work.

  1. Unrecognized device.
  2. Product asks for 2FA code
  3. Cookie created
  4. Log in again to 1PW
  5. 1PW recognizes it's a known device and lets you in
  6. Log in from unrecognized device > asks for 2FA