There’s definitely something to be said about a traditional paper interface for password storage for some people. (And many thanks to Adam for turning me onto this feature a year or so ago!) “Local” iPhone vaults can optionally be backed up to iCloud or across the LAN, should one so choose.)īeyond the above, as two-factor auth has taken off 1password has been a godsend in collocating those rotating 2fa codes alongside passwords and automagically pasting them to the clipboard as needed. (Then I emptied my 1password trash which, under normal circumstances, they conveniently retain for 12 months. I just don’t want them anywhere on the web. Once 1password merged my existing passwords into a new cloud vault, I blew away the local vault, recreated it, and moved over financial institution and other sensitive credentials from cloud to iPhone. So, this week I finally subscribed to 1password ($36/yr) and was able to kick LastPass to the curb (with a clean, comprehensive import). What I didn’t realize at that time, after they decided to support both cloud and local accounts, is that the two implementations can coexist. Which is why I railed against 1password’s 2017 cloud requirement (which they wisely, thankfully backed off of). Any random rogue browser extension can read everything (and I suspect how my Yahoo Mail address book was harvested, years ago) – including that 1password web view of your vault. But even if their cloud and our vaults remain secure, computer operating systems and browsers provide additional vectors of attack. ![]() While 1password has never been breached and their technical architecture is actually fortified to keep our data secure in that scenario, experience tells us never say never – nothing is foolproof. Whereas, I’d place my less critical credentials (think: Netflix) in LastPass for efficient cross platform access, including computer browser extension. However, I have led something of a double life in utilizing 1password without a subscription to store “important” passwords within a “local” iPhone vault. And have frequently recommended 1Password ( for years).
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