I’ve been using the standalone 1Password for years, still syncing via Dropbox. A year later I found out that they never really got into the habit of using 1Password, and were quite happy with their sheet of paper. I extolled the virtues of 1Password, particularly with its browser integration, set them up with a 1-year free trial, installed it on their computers and phones, and copied all their passwords in for them. I found out when visiting a couple years ago that my parents were using a single sheet of paper to list all of their online passwords. 1PASSWORD 7 FOR ANDROID CANNOT PASSWORDThere’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.
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