Keychain has come a long way, but 1P still offers a ton of nice/helpful/useful features that Keychain doesn’t support.
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1Password Releases Safari Extension for iOS 15 and iPadOS 15
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Can't do it. I'm happy to support them by buying a release every couple of years. But I rarely do subscriptions. I'm still on version 6 and it does all I need. Soon, iOS will natively do all I need. They could have gotten a good deal of $$ out of me if they had stayed away from subscriptions. That being said, I'm sure they have made plenty 
The standalone 1P 7.8 iOS and Mac app do still support local vaults, it’s just the new iOS Safari extension that doesn’t support them. 1P 8 is the version that will completely drop local vaults.
I’ve used and loved 1P for a good decade now, but with their latest dumb decisions, it’s time to move on. It really sucks, almost feels like a break-up, but sh*t happens I guess.
Yup exactly why I don't feel safe uploading to their server, but then again I'm currently using iCloud vault. I just signed up for 7-day trial. It's ok I don't think I want to pay for $3 a month to have someone keep my password.
I had the exact same experience today. It’s a shame as I’ve been using 1Password for the better part of a decade. I guess I’ll use the standalone version until it’s gone and then just jump over to Keychain. I was really hoping they wouldn’t go this route.
I agree with you 100%, but Minimalist password manager also (from the looks of it) only works with Apple stuff also.
Quite true, so really isn't a true solution for cross-platform users. But Minimalist does support a lot more features than Keychain does.
While that is an incredibly clever idea, what made the 1Password local vaults so great is that they didn't have to be stored in the cloud, thus not making the double-blind password approach to even be necessary. With 1P8 dropping local vault support (and the 1P7 iOS Safari extension only support online vaults) AgileBits is decreasing user security, and making such a double-blind password approach somewhat necessary.
imo, it's a smart thing to do even with local vaults. Of course, I understand it's a big PITA if you have hundreds of passwords, but it's not that big of a deal to start with your most sensitive ones (financial, email, etc.). To me, the convenience of cloud-based vaults is totally worth it.
Nope. Most Keepass-compatible apps don't, for example. They also use a standardized database format (so you're not locked into a specific app) and many are open source, so their implementations can be audited.
That's simple not true. The current 1Password 7 supports local vaults. These vaults can be stored in iCloud or Dropbox (or whatever other cloud service you want to use), but they DON'T have to be. A local vault can be stored 100% only on your local computer. These vaults can even by synced to your iPhone via a WiFi sync on you local network, so the vault never once leaves your local network, and never once touches a 3rd party server.
I use Bitwarden and while you can transfer data it’s not a 1 to 1. Some data, such as credit/bank accounts come across with odd mappings and attachments aren’t transferred.In addition in a number of cases BW, even when it has the pw, doesn’t recognize the site and returns no PW found. I like BW and even paid for it to support it’s developers but it can be frustrating when passwords you know it has don’t show up.
I certainly understand the discomfort. I too had similar concerns for several years. I suspect the risks are much higher that your computer will be compromised and expose critical data, than the data being lifted from 1Password servers. You are surfing around the internet, opening things, doing things on the very computer storing your critical sensitve data. 1Password is not.
Even if they were hacked, three pieces of information are needed to decrypt your 1Password data, only one piece of that data is held by 1Password. It would take such incredible awe-inspiring computing efforts and time to even decrypt one hacked 1Password vault that no sane person would ever consider it viable. If it ever becomes even remotely close to becoming viable in the future, due to advances in computing power, 1Password will simply beef up the security keys and advise everyone to perform a key reset to make it unviable again.
1Password is trusted by some very large corporations, including one for whom I have personally worked. You should feel comfortable your data is safe if you choose 1Password.
“We use open standards that are scrutinized by the experts.
1Password wasn’t built in a vacuum. It was developed on top of open standards that anyone with the right skills can investigate, implement, and improve. We collaborate with other security experts to make sure 1Password is rock solid.”
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I'm confused, what does this extension do that I can't already do? I've been able to fill passwords for quite some time.
That doesn't address the fact the 1P8 only supports online vaults. I don't care how secure 1P's servers are, how secure the vault's encryption is, the minute that vaults leaves my computer it becomes a security risk. I don't have to worry about that with 1P7, nor do you have to worry about that with the plethora of KeePass-compatible programs.“We use open standards that are scrutinized by the experts.
1Password wasn’t built in a vacuum. It was developed on top of open standards that anyone with the right skills can investigate, implement, and improve. We collaborate with other security experts to make sure 1Password is rock solid.”
Security Principles and Features | 1Password
1Password keeps your data safe by combining an account password and Secret Key. Learn more about our security and why it makes 1Password the best password manager.1password.com
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That doesn't mean that their implementation can be audited. Personally I would never use a password manager that isn't open source. Password databases are obviously a very juicy target.“We use open standards that are scrutinized by the experts.
1Password wasn’t built in a vacuum. It was developed on top of open standards that anyone with the right skills can investigate, implement, and improve. We collaborate with other security experts to make sure 1Password is rock solid.”
Security Principles and Features | 1Password
1Password keeps your data safe by combining an account password and Secret Key. Learn more about our security and why it makes 1Password the best password manager.
Do you think your computer is immune to security risks as your browse the web, open emails, attachments, documents and files? I would suggest the vault stored on your computer is at more risk stored on a computer used for general computing, than one stored in the cloud for one purpose only.
The 1Password cloud vault is also protected with FAR better encryption than the local vault you are using.
That can be done with local databases too. For example, Keepass apps support key files in addition to the password, and some even authentication via Yubikey (challenge/response protocol).