There have been numerous cases recently of travelers being forced to unlock their phones by security staff at airports. If you have all of your passwords for apps and online accounts stored in a password manager, this could mean that vast amounts of personal data become accessible …
There have been numerous cases recently of travelers being forced to unlock their phones by security staff at airports. If you have all of your passwords for apps and online accounts stored in a password manager, this could mean that vast amounts of personal data become accessible — but 1Password has a solution.
A new feature called Travel Mode enables users of the app to mark certain passwords and other data as “safe for travel.” When the mode is activated, everything else which has not been flagged in this way is temporarily deleted from the device so it cannot be accessed.
If you feel you’ve already spotted a flaw, 1Password is a step ahead. If there was an obvious Travel Mode toggle within the app, this would be an obvious signal to security agents, but there isn’t one. Instead, Travel Mode is activated and deactivated via the web, so there’s no hint to its presence to anyone browsing the app.
Rick Fillon from AgileBits, the company behind 1Password, explains:
He goes on to talk about how the feature works:
The feature is available to 1Password subscribers, and you can find out more about Travel Mode on the 1Password website .
