[aidos]

That’s how 1Password used to work. Not sure how much of that is still left in the system these days.

Originally it was an app with no remote component. The vault was yours to look after. Most people kept it in Dropbox to make it accessible anywhere. The vault itself actually had an html file in it that you could open in a pinch that was able to decrypt secrets (only for reading, from memory).

1Password as a service came later.

[nytesky]

Actually, 1Password had local syncing where you synced the vaults between devices on a local connection (I think it was point to point WiFi, so your internet dropped off, Bluetooth was less common then). So it was bucket brigade syncing.

Dropbox came later and security minded folks were wary. Honestly, I trust 1Password sync more than an encrypted db on a general purpose cloud file sync, but maybe that’s naive.

[LoganDark]

Know of any archived copies of this offline-first experience or has it been fully eaten by enshittification?