Chris De Jabet, AgileBits’ own Caffeinated Problem Solver, ran into Cali Lewis of Geek Beat TV fame and got to chat with her about 1Password. She even tried to squeeze out some details on what we have coming next but, remembering that we are indeed a security company, Chris decided to leave the cat in the [...]
You would think that, once we master space exploration and how to replicate the perfect cup of Earl Grey, everyone in the future according to Star Trek would understand the necessity for unique, strong passwords. Unfortunately, you would be wrong. And no, as we’ll see later, biometrics (like voice authentication) don’t seem to help. As [...]
1Password 4 for Mac is shaping up to be our greatest release ever, and no one is more excited for you to see it than we are. However, as of today, April 1, 1Password 4 for Mac has been delayed indefinitely so the entire AgileBits team can focus on refreshing Apple’s WWDC website in anticipation of 2013 [...]
We couldn’t have done this without you—literally! After all, this is a reader’s choice award, and we only won because of you! Thanks to your votes, 1Password for Mac won About.com’s Reader’s Choice Award for 2013 in the Best Mac System Utility category. We were up against some great competition, but in the end, the people have [...]
You may have read that we recently returned from AGConf, our annual(ish) AgileBits company trip, the one where our largely remote crew gets together face-to-face, catches some sun, works together in the same room, goes ziplining, and more. This year, we also enjoyed a visit in spirit from mutual fan and Interplanetary Nerd of Mystery, [...]
You may have noticed last week that our customer support seemed… perfectly normal, as if our commitment to swift, human-to-human responses hadn’t changed at all. Funny thing about that, because it hasn’t. But for the week, we here at AgileBits were helping customers from a land far, far away. Most of us just got home [...]
Sometimes, a book comes along that effects change. The kind of change that gets you right [there], in that special place in your data file. The venerable Joe Kissell’s new ebook, Take Control of Your Passwords, may just be such a book. Through chapters like “Understanding the Problems with Passwords” and “Apply Joe’s Password Strategy,” [...]
1Password is moving to using 256-bit AES keys instead of 128-bit keys. We already started this within the browser extensions in the summer of 2011, and the new Cloud Keychain Format also uses 256-bit keys. Why do you think we are making this move? If your answer is because AES 256 is stronger than AES [...]
Yes! Take that, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines! Of course, we’re on the Facebooks just like the Tweeters and even the Google+es. It’s a great way to stay in touch with us, and it’s great to see that Facebook seems to agree. If you haven’t seen the news, Facebook announced a pretty big change coming to the [...]
The security of your 1Password data depends on only one secret—your Master Password. It also depends on plenty of things that aren’t secret. For example, 1Password uses the AES encryption algorithm, every detail of which is defined by public standards; your security depends on the security of AES, but there is nothing secret about it. [...]