{"id":1084,"date":"2012-06-20T19:03:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2012-06-20T12:46:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T17:46:32","slug":"review-1password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/review-1password\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: 1Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>4.5 out of 5 stars<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1085\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/table2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1085\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1085 \" title=\"1Password - password program for many devices\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/table2.png?resize=300%2C154\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/table2.png?resize=300%2C154 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/table2.png?resize=150%2C77 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/table2.png?resize=400%2C206 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/table2.png?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Password program for Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, Android<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Pros:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>easy to use<\/li>\n<li>option for it to create strong passwords<\/li>\n<li>secure<\/li>\n<li>trial version &amp; 100% money back guarantee<\/li>\n<li>syncs via Dropbox, so it\u2019s always current<\/li>\n<li>browser extensions, easy to use in Firefox (at least) with fill in and saving options<\/li>\n<li>organizes software licenses as well<\/li>\n<li>options for tagging the info<\/li>\n<li>available to attach files i.e. photocopies of important papers<\/li>\n<li>credit card fill-in options for easy online shopping<\/li>\n<li>usable on many devices \u2013 Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cons:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>price for each device, so although we bought it for the computers, had to purchase again for the iPad<\/li>\n<li>browser extension can get annoying with popping up offering to save the login info even when you don\u2019t want to (though it\u2019s smart enough to know when you\u2019ve already saved the info)<\/li>\n<li>passwords created and not saved in the program can be difficult to transcribe \u2013 capital I appears the same as lower case l<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Review:<\/h4>\n<p>For several months, my husband and I have talked about how useful a password program would be for us \u2013 a way that we could both access shared accounts easily and more importantly, securely. \u00a0With the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.linkedin.com\/2012\/06\/07\/taking-steps-to-protect-our-members\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn problems<\/a> recently, this can be even more important \u2013 how secure are your accounts from being hacked? \u00a0Since my husband enjoys research more than I, he found one that he liked.\u00a0 It still took time before we made the purchase and installed <a href=\"https:\/\/agilebits.com\/onepassword\" target=\"_blank\">1Password<\/a> onto both our computers.<\/p>\n<p>You probably already know that you should have different passwords for all your different accounts.\u00a0 These passwords, to be as secure as possible, need to have various combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols.\u00a0 Most importantly they should not be whole words since that makes it easier to hack.\u00a0 This makes creating, remembering, and using passwords challenging.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want to have a list sitting around or a file on your computer simply listing them.\u00a0 This is where a password program comes in useful \u2013 they make it secure and accessible to you.\u00a0 1Password is easy to use; the fields are clearly defined and simple to fill in.<\/p>\n<p>1Password has the option of creating secure passwords for you.\u00a0 You can do this for a site you visit regularly, or you can simply ask to create a password.\u00a0 I recently was working on my computer for someone else, wanting a strong password, yet since it wasn\u2019t my data didn\u2019t want to save it to 1Password, and had them create one.\u00a0 I copied the password and as I went to read it aloud to her and have her write it down, realized it wasn\u2019t possible to distinguish between a couple of letters \u2013 it was either a lower case L or a capital I.\u00a0 This wouldn\u2019t be a problem if you use it with your own devices.<\/p>\n<p>My husband and I share the program between us so that if the need arises, we can have access to all the accounts.\u00a0 We each have independent access and are never dependent on having the other around.\u00a0 We have it set up to sync with Dropbox, into a shared folder between us, which means that it is also always up to date.\u00a0 We\u2019ve tried out using it for tracking our software licenses, photocopies of birth certificates, as well as all the various logins we need use.\u00a0 Between the main login place where we can customize the \u201ctitle\u201d with our names and the option to tag each entry with our names \u2013 we never get confused as to whose login it is.<\/p>\n<p>Although I appreciate the option of having 1Password on different devices, I dislike that there\u2019s a separate charge.\u00a0 For the computer, 1Password charges $49.99.\u00a0 If you also want it on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, it will cost you an additional $14.99.\u00a0 It appears to currently be free for your Android phone.\u00a0 I have come to rely on it for my computer, and decided it wasn\u2019t worth it for my iPad \u2013 I was that disappointed in the additional fee, although my husband did get 1Password for his iPad.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, I use it primarily with my browser and in my case that\u2019s is Firefox.\u00a0 This means that there is an icon in the browser that I click, type in the one password I have to remember to open 1Password, it\u2019s smart enough to list the website I am on which I click and all the necessary data is input into the website and it opens for me.\u00a0 The password in the browser resets fairly quickly, keeping my information safe, and it\u2019s easy enough to reenter that one password if I need it for another site.\u00a0 The browser option also pops up whenever I go to a new site and have to create\/enter login information.\u00a0 This makes it easy to save new information when I need and provides a good cue that it hasn\u2019t been saved yet (since it does know when it\u2019s already a saved entry).\u00a0 Although when I am working on my computer with someone else, 1Password pops up offering to save the information, over and over again.\u00a0 This can get annoying as I recently discovered although I don\u2019t often do this work and I can appreciate that it\u2019s simply doing it\u2019s job.<\/p>\n<p>1Password is a great program to safely and easily keep our online activity secure.\u00a0 It simplifies our lives so we can focus on what matters \u2013 not worrying about how clever and obscure our passwords are and whether we can remember which ones go with which website.\u00a0 It\u2019s a single place to keep all the important information we need to track \u2013 from those websites, to our credit card information, to software licenses \u2013 it\u2019s all the personal information we want to keep safe yet know where to find it when we need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever tool we use, ideally it will help us simplify our lives so we can focus on what matters \u2013 this password program does just that \u2013 easy to use and secure, our memory can be directed at more important 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