Comments on: 1Password Makes Secure Logins Easier on iPhones http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/07/1password_makes_secure_logins_easier_on_iphones-2/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:14:13 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brett http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/07/1password_makes_secure_logins_easier_on_iphones-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Brett Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/07/31/1password_makes_secure_logins_easier_on_iphones-2.html#comment-2972 <p>Perhaps i'm setting up the 1password application incorrectly but my main use of it would be to hide my passwords from prying eyes and yet it seems to show my password to anyone glancing at my iPhone. </p> <p>I don't really mind if they happen to glance over my shoulder and get a look at a few numbers from the PIN used for the application because I can easily change that. But I want an easy way to log into secure websites while keeping my password hidden and secure. And yet, every time I boot up 1password I select the website and it takes me to the settings page where my username and password for the website are in plain view. This is hardly secure, any prying eyes could take a glance at my whole password right there in the open. Passwords should either appear as stars OR there should be a separate button to launch the website without having to first open the settings page. </p> <p>The application has a wonderful setup and implementation but this one glaring security issue means I simply cannot use it at this stage.</p> <p>Or is it just me setting it up wrong?</p> Perhaps i’m setting up the 1password application incorrectly but my main use of it would be to hide my passwords from prying eyes and yet it seems to show my password to anyone glancing at my iPhone.

I don’t really mind if they happen to glance over my shoulder and get a look at a few numbers from the PIN used for the application because I can easily change that. But I want an easy way to log into secure websites while keeping my password hidden and secure. And yet, every time I boot up 1password I select the website and it takes me to the settings page where my username and password for the website are in plain view. This is hardly secure, any prying eyes could take a glance at my whole password right there in the open. Passwords should either appear as stars OR there should be a separate button to launch the website without having to first open the settings page.

The application has a wonderful setup and implementation but this one glaring security issue means I simply cannot use it at this stage.

Or is it just me setting it up wrong?

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