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It was a scene straight out of a casino heist movie, but without George Clooney’s suavity to soften the chaos. Various systems at MGM Casinos–ranging from slot machines, to hotel key cards, to escalators–had been shut down. Guests were locked out of their rooms while hotel staff scrambled to compensate, taking food orders with pen and paper and cashing out gambling winnings from a fanny pack.

We introduced support for time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) way back in the dark ages of 2015. The addition of TOTP storage lets you use 1Password as an authenticator for websites that support two-factor authentication (2FA). As 2FA became increasingly common, even required in many cases, people started to question the safety and security of using 1Password to store TOTP instead of an authenticator app that exists solely for that purpose. It remains a fairly common question — and a great one.

Hollywood would have us believe that an airplane can be hacked by a tech-savvy passenger. But can they really? Ethical hacker Ken Munro decided to dig into airplane security and answer some common movie questions, like ‚Äėwhat can a hacker do from seat 23A?‚Äô Ken Munro‚Äôs company, Pen Test Partners, does cybersecurity consulting and testing for a variety of industries and organizations ‚Äď everything from banking apps to railway infrastructure.

I remember my first hackathon. I was a junior developer at a civil engineering firm in Portland. I built a learning platform for employees to learn internal policies and procedures. It was a project that moved fast because we had a deadline - and my partner and I had so much fun. All of which is to say, this year’s 1Password Hackathon came with a heavy dose of nostalgia. Everyone obviously had a lot of fun – and I’m blown away by the ingenuity of the submissions.

We recently shared that we’ll soon be rolling out a privacy-preserving telemetry system that will help us improve 1Password by leveraging aggregated, de-identified usage data. Here we’ll share technical details about how this system works and the steps we’ve taken to protect customer privacy while engaging with the resulting data. Our goal is to understand more about how our growing customer base – not specific individuals – are using 1Password.

Back in March, we shared our plan to develop a privacy-preserving telemetry system that will help us build an even better 1Password. The goal was simple: to better understand how people are using 1Password, where they’re getting stuck, and which updates we should be focusing on first. Since that announcement, we’ve been testing our telemetry system internally with 1Password employees before rolling it out to anyone else.

Last year, we joined the FIDO Alliance and committed to building safer, simpler, and faster login solutions for everyone. Today, we’re taking a major step forward and announcing that passkey support has started to arrive in 1Password. Using the public beta versions of 1Password in the browser, you can now save and sign in to online accounts with passkeys.

Toward the end of last year, Passage joined 1Password to bring passwordless authentication to everyone. Now, we’re ready to introduce you to Passage by 1Password: the fastest and most secure way for developers and businesses to add passkey support to their products. According to a FIDO Alliance survey, 58% of consumers in the U.S. have abandoned purchases due to the difficulty of managing passwords.

With each passing year, our digital lives grow in size and complexity. We open new accounts and place more value on the ones we log into and use every day. The trend has led to a rise in digital estate plans – a handover that ensures your friends and family members can take over your most precious accounts after you’ve gone. Creating a plan is one challenge; figuring out what to do with someone else’s is another.