Strange Password Quality Ratings

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hesspaul
hesspaul
Community Member
edited May 2021 in Mac

These two entries contain the SAME 8 character 1P generated password. Any idea why one is considered “good” and the other is rated “weak”?

[removed by 1Password staff because it included personal information - this is a public forum]

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  • ag_ana
    ag_ana
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    Hi @hesspaul!

    Did you by chance copy and paste the password from one entry to the other? In these cases, 1Password can only properly calculate the strength of the password that it generated directly with the password generator. If you then copy and paste this entry via the clipboard, 1Password cannot make sure that the password was generated securely. In this case it is, but you could also be copying something insecure from somewhere else, and 1Password cannot know if that's the case or not.

    By the way, I have removed the screenshots from your post since they included your personal email address for your privacy :+1:

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