In some cases, you may be happy with a free password manager, depending on your needs. By depriving users of the choice of storing their data locally or online (or both), the company lost the trust of some users.įor many years, 1Password has been seen as the number one password manager, but in the meantime many strong competitors have established themselves. There’s also criticism regarding the transparency and control of user’s data, especially ever since 1Password departed from the option of local data storage, meaning that 1Password is no longer free.While AgileBits (1Password’s developer) promises comprehensive protection of your data, it’s subject to all the general risks of cloud services. The login and master password work via JavaScript, and are not completely secure, so that phishing attacks in particular are a danger.
Generally speaking, externally stored passwords are less secure, and the cloud upload is another data flow that hazards unauthorized access. The most recent development of 1Password, moving local password storage to their cloud, is perhaps concerning in terms of security.The free version of the program is actually only a trial, and only works for 30 days before a subscription is required.