Wrangling your web passwords can be easy and secure, thanks to 1Password, the popular password manager from AgileBits. In this book, Joe Kissell brings years of real-world 1Password experience into play to explain not only how to create, edit, and enter web login data easily, but also how to autofill contact and credit card info when shopping online, audit your passwords and generate better ones, handle two-factor authentication (2FA), sync password across devices using a hosted 1Password account (individual, family, or business), and securely share passwords with family members, coworkers, and friends.
This fully revised sixth edition covers 1Password version 8 for Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS/iPadOS, Android, and Apple Watch. It does not include instructions for using earlier versions of 1Password.
Topics include:
Meet 1Password: Set your master password, explore the various 1Password components, and decide on your ideal usage strategy.
What’s New in Version 8: 1Password 8 finally unifies features and interface across platforms and adds important new features—but it also includes some controversial changes. Learn what has changed, how to migrate from older versions, and what new behaviors you must adjust to.
Master logins: In 1Password, a typical login contains a set of credentials used to sign in to a website. Find out how to create logins, sort them, search them, tag them, and more. You’ll also find help with editing logins—for example, changing a password or adding further details.
Understand password security: Get guidance on what makes for a good password, and read Joe’s important Password Dos and Don’ts. A special topic covers how to perform a security audit in order to improve poor passwords quickly.
Go beyond web logins: A primary point of 1Password is to speed up web logins, but 1Password can also store and autofill contact information (for more than one identity, even), along with credit card information. You’ll also find advice on storing SSH keys, passwords for password-protected files and encrypted disk images, confidential files, software licenses, scans of important cards or documents, and more.
Sync your passwords: Discover how a hosted 1Password account can sync all your data securely across your devices.
Share your passwords: Learn to store passwords within a family or team hosted account, or even with people who don’t already use 1Password at all.
You’ll also discover the answers to key questions, including:
- Should I keep using my web browser’s autofill feature?
- What about iCloud Keychain? Should I use that too?
- Do I need the full 1Password app, or is the browser extension enough?
- How does the Universal Autofill feature for Mac work across browsers and apps?
- Will passkeys replace all my passwords and make 1Password irrelevant?
- How can 1Password help me with sites where I sign in with my Google, Facebook, or Twitter account?
- What’s the easy way to prevent sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands at a border crossing?
- What can I do quickly to get better password security?
- How can I find and update weak passwords I created long ago?
- What should I do about security questions, like the name of my pet?
- How can 1Password provide a time-based one-time password (TOTP)?
About Joe Kissell
Take Control publisher Joe Kissell has written more than 60 books about technology, including many popular Take Control books. He formerly wrote for publications such as Macworld, Wirecutter, and TidBITS. He lives in Saskatoon with his wife, his two children, and his cat.
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