Adding memorable information

bjspiers

Hi, I can't seem to find how to enter memorable information or a password that is entered via drop down boxes, could someone please point me in the direction to read up on this.
Thanks.....

sjk

Hi @bjspiers,

Thanks for asking about this.

You can add custom fields to an item to store extra "non-filling" information that you'd like to remember and access for a site. It can also be in an item's notes field but custom fields are often a great place for it. :)

bjspiers

Thanks for that, but what I am trying to do is add information to the web form details as when the website asks for the password it asks for specific characters, ie, 4th and 8th letters of password.

I have gone to the website, logged in and saved the information to 1password, however, when I go to edit mode And show web form details I can only see the 2 characters I entered, I need to add more, I hope that makes sense ??

sjk

Hi @bjspiers,

Thanks for that clarification. I think it's making more sense now. :)

Is this a case where you're being asked to select differing specific characters from your password to enter? For instance, one time it might be the 4th and 8th characters, another it may be the 1st and 5th, etc.? And is this on financial sites, which are notorious for this kind of song and dance with data entry?

We do have a request for making it easier to handle that and I'm happy to add you vote for it. Or am I still missing the point of what you're trying to do with 1Password that's giving you trouble?

bjspiers

Yes, that is correct, actually, it's not a 'song and dance' as you put it, it's actually very good security, most if not all UK banks operate this system, if I 1password cant do this then I have wasted my money.
Barry

Stephen_C

I am also in the UK and have one bank site that uses that system. What I've done is to put the memorable words or dates in the notes of the login item, well spaced out, with "1 2 3 4..." etc. under the letters or numbers. I find that helps a lot in cases like this because you can see at a glance the position of the relevant letter or number.

@sjk, part of the sign on procedure, in addition to name and password, is to provide, for example, the 3rd, 4th and 6th characters of a memorable date, place or name. You'd usually have, say, three memorable "things" so the sign-on is a little bit unpredictable, to say the least.

Stephen

bjspiers

@Stephen_C, I assume doing it that way you just have your login information stored but it will not complete the login for you?

Stephen_C

@bjspiers‌, yes that's right: login information stored securely but the memorable data not completed automatically. I'm guessing automatic completion of that sort of memorable data (i.e., selected letters/numbers only) makes for quite a programming challenge for AgileBits. I find the work around reasonably effective though.

Stephen