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In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by DavideNL »

callumprentice wrote: post #246
DavideNL wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm pretty sure you can access all your passwords offline. So not sure what os/version you are using... but you might ask 1Password support about why that's not working for you.

I may have misspoken and been referring to secure attachments - I'll check. (This is on my iPhone). I'm sure I've been in situations where I am trying to download a travel permit for example at a check in desk overseas and there is no signal. I'll see if passwords are the same - maybe those are indeed kept locally.

Perhaps you are correct, I think the situation might be this:

1. Add a new 1Password item on device 1

2. Do _not_ open the 1Password app on device 2

3. At some point/the next day or whatever, device 2 goes offline

4. Now, while offline, you do not have access to the new item on device 2 because data wasn't synced because the 1Password app hasn't been opened after #1.

The problem seems, 1Password doesn't sync the data in the background (iCloud in my case.)

However, if you did sync by manually opening the app while online, all data will also be available offline later (including attachments.)

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by caleb-allen »

fred_is_fred wrote: post #222
tumblen wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great point that I hadn't thought of, but is so true! It communicates ok in text, but verbally not well at all. Maybe they can rebrand to "123456"

They should call it hunter2 of course.

How would you pronounce that? "star star star, star star star star"?

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by Marsymars »

harikb wrote: post #121
ghshephard wrote: post #31

This isn't really a typical Venture funding, and is definitely not a "Series A". Traditionally, at this point, 1Password would probably have just gone Public, without any need for venture funding. But, why go to the hassle of doing that when you can get most of the same benefits ($$$) without any of the pain (public reporting, SOX, etc...). The VCs at this point would be happy with a 3-4x return, because the risk is…

I have been following this company for like 10 years now, if not more. 1Password is anything but a typical software company. When they were small, I forget the year, they emailed us (each) six licenses of 1Password as a thanksgiving gift. A small gesture, but clearly the courage to leave that much money on the table for a small startup is laudable. On the other hand, each of my friends who got it "free" wouldn't have…

Small touch, but my office recently starting 1Password in large part because most of the competition only offer USD billing. While we can pay for services in USD, it's unpalatable given none of our own income or accounting is done in USD.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by NeedMoreTea »

ValentineC wrote: post #143
NeedMoreTea wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not any more. It used to be a no brainer, but they switched to cloud based subscription at great cost increase, loss of some features, and dark-patterned the native app into invisibility. Native is still available apparently, but you won't find it from the homepage, unless they were persuaded to change recently. Report an error in the native app, and they suggest switching to cloud subscription without addressing the…

> Native is still available apparently, but you won't find it from the homepage, unless they were persuaded to change recently. I haven't verified this myself, but standalone licences seem to be available for purchase in the app itself: https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/92275/how-do-i-...

Which until someone had to ask the question on the forum, having been unable to find any word, was not revealed at all on their main site, which was all about getting you on the sub. You wouldn't normally download the next (unlicensed) version on the off chance the buying mechanism has been quietly put in there instead. The former significant discounts for buying both phone and desktop, or Mac and Windows at the same time are gone too.

Hence it's there, but intentionally dark patterned to near invisibility. They would prefer everyone on the pointlessly expensive sub.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by mnem »

nodesocket wrote: post #230
ghshephard wrote: post #31

This isn't really a typical Venture funding, and is definitely not a "Series A". Traditionally, at this point, 1Password would probably have just gone Public, without any need for venture funding. But, why go to the hassle of doing that when you can get most of the same benefits ($$$) without any of the pain (public reporting, SOX, etc...). The VCs at this point would be happy with a 3-4x return, because the risk is…

> companies at this level of maturity, profitability, market dominance, and growth are highly unlikely to fail What happens if Apple implementes their own native password manager into macOS and iOS? I know I would switch to Apple's native assuming it worked as well as 1Password.

Apple have had that since iOS 11 with iCloud Keychain. It suggests passwords for websites on signup, and offers to save them if you log in. It even correctly offers the password you used on a website when logging in on the native app equivalent for the site.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by saagarjha »

nodesocket wrote: post #230
ghshephard wrote: post #31

This isn't really a typical Venture funding, and is definitely not a "Series A". Traditionally, at this point, 1Password would probably have just gone Public, without any need for venture funding. But, why go to the hassle of doing that when you can get most of the same benefits ($$$) without any of the pain (public reporting, SOX, etc...). The VCs at this point would be happy with a 3-4x return, because the risk is…

> companies at this level of maturity, profitability, market dominance, and growth are highly unlikely to fail What happens if Apple implementes their own native password manager into macOS and iOS? I know I would switch to Apple's native assuming it worked as well as 1Password.

They already do?

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by saagarjha »

trollied wrote: post #214

Definitely waiting for Apple to buy them & integrate into macOS/iOS/iPadOS. Apple use 1Password themselves.

Well, Apple provides it as an option for you to use. You don’t have to use it if iCloud Keychain works for you.

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by aquark »

lotophage wrote: post #228
ummonk wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who is “everyone”? I imagine most people are just using Chrome or iCloud for personal password management.

Most people I know who use password managers beyond Chrome/iCloud use LastPass. All the companies I have worked for in the last 7 years have used it too.

I switched from LastPass to 1Password earlier this year (after 5+ years of use) due to issues with LastPass stopping sync.

1Password fixed that and numerous UI glitches around the actual password filling in that I was just living with. It is night and day a better experience ... and no invested interest in them (unfortunately!)

Re: In Its First Funding in 14 Years, 1Password Raises $200M Series A

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Post by agwa »

ghshephard wrote: post #31

This isn't really a typical Venture funding, and is definitely not a "Series A". Traditionally, at this point, 1Password would probably have just gone Public, without any need for venture funding. But, why go to the hassle of doing that when you can get most of the same benefits ($$$) without any of the pain (public reporting, SOX, etc...). The VCs at this point would be happy with a 3-4x return, because the risk is…

> As a personal user, I consider 1Password the GitHub of password management

Ah, GitHub. The company which was bootstrapped and profitable like 1Password, but then took venture capital, became unprofitable, and had to sell to Microsoft. Let's hope they aren't the GitHub of password management.

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