Does 1Password's security feature hashing to make it very secure?

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D_M_H
D_M_H
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According to this June 4, 2014 blog (http://www.darkreading.com/safely-storing-user-passwords-hashing-vs-encrypting/a/d-id/1269374), the best password security features a certain kind of hashing. Does 1Password have this excellent security?

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  • Jasper
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    Hi @D_M_H,

    Hashing is a one-way function, and is not reversible (like mentioned in the linked article). If we hashed your 1Password data, you would have no way to ever retrieve it again.

    We use AES encryption with PBKDF2 key strengthening to protect your sensitive 1Password data as well as many other mechanisms to stop an attacker from ever accessing your information and we detail this here:

    Security of your 1Password data

    So, as long as you use a secure master password that you don't use elsewhere, your 1Password data is incredibly safe (even when stored on a service like Dropbox). If you're not sure about the strength of your master password, please do take a look at our blog post on this:

    Toward Better Master Passwords

    Please let us know if you have any other questions. :)

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