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tb582
Occasional Contributor
10 months ago

Master Pass with different vaults is strange

i have a work vault and a "family" vault - there's times when I have to re-enter my master password but its unclear to which vault its asking for my password to. Whats the deal ? 1Pas...
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1P_Dave
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9 months ago

tb582

I can understand how the advice can seem strange on the surface, 1Password is different from other services that you use for two reasons:

  1. Your account password never leaves your device. Instead 1Password uses Secure Remote Password (SRP) to authenticate your account: How Secure Remote Password protects your 1Password account
  2. Each 1Password account has a unique Secret Key: About your Secret Key

Without both your account password, and the unique Secret Key associated with a specific 1Password account, it's not possible to decrypt and access that 1Password account. Because of these reasons, it's safe to use the same account password for each of your 1Password accounts.

-Dave