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Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by jfb »

jarrett wrote: post #10
r00fus wrote: post #9

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Problem: Aggregation and normalization might result in an empty set as contradictory rules prevent harmonization.

I think the parent comment is saying that 1Password would record the rules per site, not maintain a global list of rules that satisfies all sites. The latter would indeed yield an empty set, as some sites require a special character and some require no special characters.

Yes, exactly; for each site that 1Pwd can recognize as distinct, record the restrictions. Even share these restrictions. And perhaps people could put attributes on their password entry elements (or header metadata) that would describe the limitations of their password systems, so it wouldn't be specific to any one password manager; then, too, they could retire their terrible, terrible, terrible client-side strength checking crap.

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by infra178 »

AGKyle wrote: post #13
infra178 wrote: post #3

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How do you get around the lack of bookmarks in the 1password browser for ios?

[I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password] You could use the Favorites section. I favorite my most frequently used sites and use that for most logins that I access often. Would that work? If you have a particular use case that you can run me through that would be wonderful. Also, user gwkoehler, currently above me in this thread, suggests the op http:// and op https:// in front of users to open in 1Password. There i…

My wife bookmarks like a dozen tumblr pages, Reddit posts, fanfic stories, random websites a day on her iPhone and then reads them in bed on her iPad at the end of the day. She's not real tech savvy so I've got her using Chrome which syncs them up to all of our devices: 2 iPads, 2 iPhones, a PC that boots osx and windows, and a Nook. She can pick up any device and her bookmarks are there. It would be difficult to get her to give up that functionality or have to switch browsers depending on what site she's on. Even the bookmarklet that switches you to 1Password isn't intuitive. I wish 1Password would manage bookmarks and sync them between devices like Chrome does.

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by threatofrain »

AGKyle wrote: post #11
ColinDabritz wrote: post #4

Do you know what would be amazing? The ability to change all vulnerable passwords, automatically as a group. I know it's very challenging because password change/reset procedures vary widely, but that part of the process is still manual. 1Password already automates logins almost entirely successfully. Perhaps password changing can be automated as well? If it were robustly automated, you cold easily rotate your passwo…

[I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password] Thanks for the feedback! Filling into sites and gathering the necessary information for this I think is far easier than determining how a password change takes place. We have an algorithm that we've developed over years that is constantly changing in subtle (and not so subtle) ways to make filling more accurate. Some of the biggest changes in a long time will be coming in t…

Are you guys ever thinking of a Linux version :(

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

#24

Post by davak »

AGKyle:

Since the update, I've spent the majority of the day updating zillions of passwords. As other users have mentioned, bulk updates would be amazing, but I can't imagine how complex that would be. Even trying to "open and fill" is frequently wrong because 1password has saved the webpage as the new user registration page instead of a true login. Small pain for the amazing product you have.

I would recommend one thing very highly. Please give the user some information why there is a vulnerability. I've noted some of them are marked from previous large user/pass dumps that are available. If the user knows this, she will know to never use that user/pass combo again. If the user is unaware, they may rotate to another common user/pass that has also been released.

Thanks for considering my thoughts...

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by AGKyle »

threatofrain wrote: post #23
AGKyle wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password] Thanks for the feedback! Filling into sites and gathering the necessary information for this I think is far easier than determining how a password change takes place. We have an algorithm that we've developed over years that is constantly changing in subtle (and not so subtle) ways to make filling more accurate. Some of the biggest changes in a long time will be coming in t…

Are you guys ever thinking of a Linux version :(

Thinking about it? Sure. We've had a lot of requests for it.

It's a pretty big job to write a whole new version of the application. It's also a big question of whether we'd sell enough copies to maintain it. Traditionally Linux users haven't been big on purchasing software, particularly closed source software. I'm not sure how much this has changed, if anyone has some real solid stats on it I would love to see it. I was once a Linux user (started on Redhat 4, but fell in love with Debian) so I know what the past was like, but have been out of the Linux world for long enough to be unable to know how things have changed in this regard.

Either way though, I don't have any pull on this, but I can pass the request along. I think we (AgileBits) would all love to see 1Password on more platforms. It's just a bit of a careful process to go through. We hear the requests for Linux loud and clear. If it's something you want, please let us know. Include any thoughts for how you'd use it and what you envision it being. It's far easier to take to the powers that be ideas and thoughts than just requests.

Now though, the fun part is that the current Windows beta (version 4) will work in WINE and I do hear from users that the browser extensions will also function using the beta. Obviously this isn't an ideal solution but it might hold you over well enough.

If you'd like to try the beta, you're welcome to sign up here:

https://agilebits.com/beta_signups/winnewsletter.html

Let me know if that helps!

Kyle

AgileBits

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by AGKyle »

infra178 wrote: post #22
AGKyle wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[I work for AgileBits, makers of 1Password] You could use the Favorites section. I favorite my most frequently used sites and use that for most logins that I access often. Would that work? If you have a particular use case that you can run me through that would be wonderful. Also, user gwkoehler, currently above me in this thread, suggests the op http:// and op https:// in front of users to open in 1Password. There i…

My wife bookmarks like a dozen tumblr pages, Reddit posts, fanfic stories, random websites a day on her iPhone and then reads them in bed on her iPad at the end of the day. She's not real tech savvy so I've got her using Chrome which syncs them up to all of our devices: 2 iPads, 2 iPhones, a PC that boots osx and windows, and a Nook. She can pick up any device and her bookmarks are there. It would be difficult to get…

Thanks for this information!

I'll take this feedback and see if there's anything we can do in future updates to try to come up with a solution.

I can't make any promises, but I'm sure you're not the only one with a similar type of use case. That said though, I don't think we'll be able to integrate with Chrome Sync, pretty sure that's closed up pretty tight.

Personally, one of the things I'd love to see is the ability to save a page to Pinboard, which is what I use for bookmarks that I want to read later or reference later. Not sure if that would be of any real use for you though.

Thanks!

Kyle

AgileBits

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by AGKyle »

davak wrote: post #24

AGKyle: Since the update, I've spent the majority of the day updating zillions of passwords. As other users have mentioned, bulk updates would be amazing, but I can't imagine how complex that would be. Even trying to "open and fill" is frequently wrong because 1password has saved the webpage as the new user registration page instead of a true login. Small pain for the amazing product you have. I would recommend one t…

Hi davak!

We've made some improvements to the new user signup form end of the spectrum in the latest beta version of our extension. You can install the beta by visiting the page below:

http://www.agilebits.com/browsers/index.html

Make sure you click "Enable Betas" below the Download button before installing. This should improve things quite a bit in most cases. If you run into any sites with issues please email us with the URL so we can test (support at agile bits . com). If we don't know about the site having problems we can't fix it.

If you're viewing a login that has a known vulnerability, you see a red bar at the top that says:

"Vulnerability Alert - Change Password..."

If you click this, it shows a popover, that popover displays a bit more detail with a "Learn More" link. That sends you to the Watchtower site with a lot more detail about why and what to do next.

I suppose we could be better here and tag it differently saying it was part of heartbleed, but not all vulnerabilities will have such a memorable name (CVE-2014-0160 is hardly memorable, agreed?)

Does that explain things a little more?

Please let me know if you have any trouble with the beta extension, too.

Thanks!

Kyle

AgileBits

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by kolev »

AGKyle wrote: post #25
threatofrain wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you guys ever thinking of a Linux version :(

Thinking about it? Sure. We've had a lot of requests for it. It's a pretty big job to write a whole new version of the application. It's also a big question of whether we'd sell enough copies to maintain it. Traditionally Linux users haven't been big on purchasing software, particularly closed source software. I'm not sure how much this has changed, if anyone has some real solid stats on it I would love to see it. I…

Well, maybe you should try a Kickstarter campaign and see how it goes... I'm sure you have to invest a bit to create a video and all, but I'm sure it will be a successful campaign.

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by kolev »

AGKyle wrote: post #18
jhgg wrote: post #17

Kyle, Are there any plans to update the Android version of the app? I love 1Password on my mac, but on my nexus 5, the experience sucks! Anything in the pipeline on that? Or is agilebits just focused on OSX/iOS for now? Thanks!

Hi! Absolutely, we've posted a bit about it on our blog: http://blog.agilebits.com/2013/11/15/1password-4-for-android... The beta is coming along nicely, you can still sign up for the beta if you wish to try it out. Let me know if I can do anything else to answer any of your questions or concerns. Kyle AgileBits

For months, autofilling doesn't work on Mac. Neither on stable, nor on development releases. Firefox and Chrome complain about browser signature.

Re: 1Password Watchtower Mac App Integration

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Post by AGKyle »

kolev wrote: post #29
AGKyle wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! Absolutely, we've posted a bit about it on our blog: http://blog.agilebits.com/2013/11/15/1password-4-for-android... The beta is coming along nicely, you can still sign up for the beta if you wish to try it out. Let me know if I can do anything else to answer any of your questions or concerns. Kyle AgileBits

For months, autofilling doesn't work on Mac. Neither on stable, nor on development releases. Firefox and Chrome complain about browser signature.

Sorry to hear you're having trouble.

Please email in to support @ agile bits . com, and mention my name please and that I asked you to email in. I'll get this all fixed up for you. Give a brief description of the error to jog my memory.

Kyle

AgileBits

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