Why does the same password in two entries show different strength

AntonyB
AntonyB
Community Member
in Windows

This is not Windows specific - same in Android, but I have two entries in 1P and one shows a strngth rating of Fantastic, whereas the other shows Fair - both the same password. One entry is just a password and website, no username or anything else, whereas the other one has a couple of other pieces of info.

1Password Version: 8.10.56
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  • GreyM1P
    GreyM1P

    Hi there @AntonyB

    Chances are that 1Password generated one of those passwords, and it was then copied to the other item. That means that 1Password doesn't really know where the second one came from – it doesn't compare a password to passwords in other items, because they should all be unique ideally anyway.

    1Password will score the first one higher than the second because it knows that it was randomly generated. There's a "bonus" applied to the scoring in those cases.

    Hope that helps explain it! :)

    — Grey