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What is point of 2-week manual master password entry requirement?
All this policy does is force me to use a shorter and less complex master password, because it's too difficult to type out a long/secure password on a phone But if I only had to do it once in a blue ...
1P_Dave
Moderator
ModeratorCan you clarify your question a little further? You can choose to require your account password every 2 weeks, every 30 days, or never at all. It depends on your personal preference.
When 1Password 8 was first released we only included the 2 weeks option in order to gently nudge users to use their account password regularly so that they didn't forget it. We've seen incidents in the past where users have chosen the "never" option, not used their account password for months, and then were locked out of their 1Password account due to having forgotten their password after moving to a new device. With the latest updates to 1Password 8 we've returned the choice of how often an account password is required back to the user, however I would still recommend either the 2 week or 30 day option (on at least one of your devices) so that you're regularly using, and remembering, your account password.
-Dave
