On IOS, Master Password "Request After" == Never option is missing
After reading http://learn.agilebits.com/1Password4/iOS/Settings/ios-auto-locks.html and http://learn.agilebits.com/1Password4/iOS/Features/Settings/ios-settings-security.html, it implies that you can configure the IOS app to never request a master password, as long as the app stays running.
However, the "Change Master Password -> Request After" option does not have a "Never" choice. It only has times from 1-30 minutes.
I am using version 4.3, and synced my passwords by dragging the .agilekeychain file to the app in itunes.
Is the documentation incorrect, or is there a bug?
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I noticed the change myself.
I have seen no mention of it being changed or it being a bug.
Due to the work load it may take a couple days or so for us to get a reply. So hang in there.
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I set my request after for 15 minutes and the app behaves as though it is 1 second.
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Hi @markstemm and @timquigs,
The "never" setting for the Master Password was limited by iOS. While we truly never auto-lock the system, we are forced into a locked state when the app's process is terminated by iOS or by the customer. For example, if you close the app, and then fire up a game with heavy graphics, iOS is going to need to reclaim resources. It will kill our process in the background to reclaim the memory we were using. Also, if a customer forces the app's process closed by removing it from Multitasking, we are forced into a locked state.
Honestly, the same could happen if it was set to Auto-Lock in 10 minutes, but the app was closed and then you went and closed it from Multitasking. Auto-Lock delay just cannot be maintained if part of the app does not continue in the background.
This is why the "Never" setting was initially removed - it's hard to say "never" when we can't fully control it. We are looking into making that clearer in a future update. (In the meantime, we'll update our documents to make it less confusing there!)
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Ok. So with this "little" change you are turning my life (and probably few others) into a nightmare :(
In my usual use case , I'm just using 3-4 apps during a day : 1Password (most of the time), Safari, Rss reeder and openvpn. Thank's to the "Never" feature, I was able to input my 33 letters password once per 2-3 days. 1Password was usually not terminated by iOS, because my 4 apps didn't need a lot of resources. So I was able quickly switch to 1P (about 30-50 times a day) to acquire stuff that I need to work.
So this feature is a must have for me. PLEASE put it back into the app (maybe with some additional explanation about multitasking and reclaiming resources). I'm close to quit of using 1Password, because I can't afford to loose time for my master password almost EVERY time I switch into the app :(0 -
I would certainly vote for adding the option back, even with the caveat that Never doesn't truly mean Never.
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Hi @markstemm,
Consider your vote added!
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It's back in 4.3.2. Thank you guys for being serious about your clients requests and complaints. :x
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