Feature: Find duplicate passwords
A feature suggestion I have is a way to find duplicate passwords in your login list.
In the past I used the same small set of passwords across multiple sites. I'm slowly moving away from that and it'd be nice to have 1Password highlight what entries use common passwords rather than manually iterating over each login entry looking for duplicates.
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Support Staff 2 Posted by Khad Young on 23 Feb, 2012 10:56 AM
Hi Brad,
Thanks for taking the time to contact us. :)
There’s an easy way to quickly determine where you’ve used a certain username/password combination, whether it’s already been compromised or you just want to improve your web security before something happens (we recommend the latter).
You probably know by now that the only way to be secure on the web is to use unique passwords on every. single. site. If a password is re-used, even on a site that you don’t consider confidential, that password can be tried all across the web until less savory individuals find the one it works on that you didn’t want anyone getting into. That being said, anyone who’s been on the web for more than a few years likely has a plethora of duplicate passwords on sites they may not even remember existed. If you’ve been using 1Password, here’s how you can find them and fix them.
In 1Password, go to File > New Smart Folder, and you’ll get a bar at the top which lets you define criteria for the smart folder. In its simplest incarnation, you can just choose the password criteria and enter a password you’ve used more than once. Any logins with the same password will show up in the new folder. If you want to narrow it down to just items with the same username and password, simply hit the “+” button on the right to add a Username criteria and enter the email or username that you want to find.
Now you can start the somewhat tedious task of changing logins, but at least you’ll have a roadmap!
Khad Young
Forum Choreographer, AgileBits
http://agilebits.com/support
3 Posted by brad on 23 Feb, 2012 08:26 PM
Excellent. Thanks for that - it works well.
Cheers.
Brad
4 Posted by Stu Helm on 23 Feb, 2012 08:47 PM
On Khad's behalf, you're very welcome, Brad.
Stu Helm
Agile Crusader
AgileBits
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