In this episode Katie and David talk about one of their favorite programs, 1Password. This application does more than just auto-fill passwords. The hosts talk about all of the features of version 3 and how they use the application to stay safe and organized.
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Just finished listening to this great episode. I love 1Password, I’ve already told them I am a customer for life. I decided to do the upgrade on 12/31/09 and something went wrong. I sent an email to support expecting to hear back after the holiday, NOPE I got an email from Gita the next day! New Years Day. I love this company.
Version 3 is a great improvement. I use 1Password Anywhere all the time as I have a pc at work and Mac at home. I would like to be able to add new passwords via the web interface.
Also without the iPhone App it’s also difficult to have access to dropbox without 1Password.
Thanks so much for your continued hard work on the podcast. John
The strength strength bar really forced me to go through and remove the “bad” passwords from use. What I found though was that many sites still have requirements that lead to poor passwords such as only allowing for eight characters, only allowing letters and numbers, and not being case sensitive.
This isn’t a reflection on 1Password, but on the sad state of security on most websites. 1Password (along with Dropbox) is the first thing that gets installed on any mac I’m working with.
Thanks for another great episode. I find myself buying new software within 48 hours of listening to your podcasts. I’m sure Agile and the other companies love you because of people like me.
Anyway, I had been hearing about 1P for the longest time, but this episode convinced me to try, and I’m so glad I did. I was nervous at first about putting it in Dropbox, but I’ve come to the conclusion that having one strong password for the 1P keychain and having a reasonably strong password on Dropbox while maintaining super strong passwords on all my banking sites is FAR better than trying to keep up with handful of semi-strong passwords on my own without 1P.
To me, it dramatically reduces your security exposure because 1P allows you to create unique passwords for all your sites. So even in the off chance someone hacks Bank ABC’s password database, all they’re getting is access to 1 site, not 20. Essentially, prudent use of 1P allows you to reduce your exposure to a single file in a single location that is very unlikely to be compromised.
Another angle that I have not heard pitched is the benefit of having all your passwords in one location that a spouse or family member can access in an emergency. I like knowing that my wife will have access to our important passwords if something happens to me. Before 1P, I just had several goofy passwords in my mind that she wouldn’t have known, and trying to keep that stuff documented on paper in a safe is a major chore and pain.
Also, once you get most of your login credentials saved in 1P, your life suddenly gets so much easier on your Mac because features like “go and fill” allow you to access your sites with a couple of clicks—avoiding having to pound out long passwords on your keyboard. I can’t overstate how much I love this.
So what I’m trying to say is thanks for turning me on to this. If you are someone reading this and are on the fence, just go buy it—and do it while it’s still discounted.
really enjoying all the podcasts…
thanks for the Reeder rec at the end of the episode.
i’d been a huge fan of netnewswire on my iphone, gave Reeder a try and can’t go back.
I love the program. One thing you forgot to mention is what Agile calls their “Sane Licensing Policy.” This means that the same user can install the same copy of the program on multiple Macs without having to buy additional copies or a “Family Pack” (as is the case with BusySync and BusyCal).
The Software feature in the new version is also fantastic. Now I can keep not only my serial numbers and logins in the same place, but I can also attach my receipts, installation instructions, notes, etc.
This program is a must-have!
Was just catching up on this episode recently. David said he didn’t see the point in tagging his password entries. I recommend you use the folders, however, because this makes the “Go and fill” function a lot easier. This basically uses the 1Password extension as a bookmark manager that will log you in. It’s great. I have folders for Finance, Forums & comments, Shopping, Social and Utilities (e.g. phone company) and a few more.
1Password looks great, but sadly no proper Chrome support at the moment so I shall wait until they have their extension out of Alpha.
If you’re only on a Mac 1Password is the nicest solution possible. I was disappointed that you didn’t mention other viable alternatives like KeePass or LastPass.com the latter of which is great for those who need to access their passwords on multiple platforms including FreeBSD (and those unfortunate enough to be stuck with Windows or Linux)
No Android app, and no plans to create one. That’s a deal killer for me.
@John Metta give LastPass.com a go.. I’ve had several clients migrate away from 1Password to lastpass which has great support for mobile platforms beyond the iphone
Just to update this page, there is a Windows version available right now.
It’s in Beta but it’s 50% off so get it now I guess. As said above, if you’re unfortunate enough to be stuck on Windows…
Worked out well b/c we have a mixed [computer] household and this solved our problems well. Very happy to see it available.
Seems to work very well so far.