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Former Member
3 years ago1Password asking for permission each time
When using 1Password for storing my SSH keys, it asks for authentication (here: fingerprint) each time a key is accessed. This is different from handling passwords for e. g. web forms: As long as 1Pa...
MaKolarik
2 years agoOccasional Contributor
First, I see there have already been some improvements since this feature was launched, so thanks for that!
Still, I think there's a better model that would provide good access control while staying simple to use: permanent (even after 1P closing), per-application approvals.
Implementation-wise, I imagine once an application got approved, either its path (less secure) or file hash (more secure) would be stored as trusted and not prompted again. This would allow easily restricting access only to the expected apps, without prompting too often; only after an update that changes the path/hash would the app need to be re-approved.