Comments on: Review - 1Passwd http://www.macsparky.com/2007/09/29/review-1passwd/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:43:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David A Teare http://www.macsparky.com/2007/09/29/review-1passwd/#comment-112 David A Teare Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:59:32 +0000 http://www.macsparky.com/?p=329#comment-112 Great post! Thanks! I am glad to hear 1Password is helping you get into the habit of using Strong Passwords. I used to have 3 passwords, all of which were not very strong, but at least they were unique. Depending on how important a site was, I would pick one of the 3. With 1Password, however, I find it easier to use a unique Strong Password for each site than to use a few weak ones. Strong passwords and phishing protection are my favorite features of 1Password :) As for the security of the my1Password web service, that is obviously a very important topic! We will be releasing a lot more information about that shortly. For iPhone, however, you have two options. You can use the my1Password online service, or you can use the iPhone bookmarklet. With the bookmarklet, all your information is encrypted and stored into a Safari bookmark, which is then automatically synced to your iPhone when you sync from iTunes; you then decrypt your passwords within Safari on the iPhone. Some people prefer this method as their information is never sent to a server, and they can access it even when there is no network. Support for iPhone is now available in version 2.5; a beta is available as a standalone download from our forums. Within the next few days you can get it automatically from within 1Passwd (be sure to enable BETA's in the Update preferences). Cheers! --Dave Teare Co-author of 1Password Great post! Thanks!

I am glad to hear 1Password is helping you get into the habit of using Strong Passwords. I used to have 3 passwords, all of which were not very strong, but at least they were unique. Depending on how important a site was, I would pick one of the 3. With 1Password, however, I find it easier to use a unique Strong Password for each site than to use a few weak ones. Strong passwords and phishing protection are my favorite features of 1Password :)
As for the security of the my1Password web service, that is obviously a very important topic! We will be releasing a lot more information about that shortly.

For iPhone, however, you have two options. You can use the my1Password online service, or you can use the iPhone bookmarklet. With the bookmarklet, all your information is encrypted and stored into a Safari bookmark, which is then automatically synced to your iPhone when you sync from iTunes; you then decrypt your passwords within Safari on the iPhone. Some people prefer this method as their information is never sent to a server, and they can access it even when there is no network.

Support for iPhone is now available in version 2.5; a beta is available as a standalone download from our forums. Within the next few days you can get it automatically from within 1Passwd (be sure to enable BETA’s in the Update preferences).

Cheers!
–Dave Teare
Co-author of 1Password

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