I have to point out that this 'Encryption Backup' message is happening on both my PCs (win 10 and win 7) on which I use 1Password. Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions! :) 1Password uses EFS for these to ensure that this data cannot be accessed by another user on the same machine.

You only need the Windows encryption key if you want to be able to access data on the drive from another machine. So even if you do lose your Windows keys, you'll only be 'losing' the temporary copies of attachments (not those in your vault) and the shared secret (which you can recreate simply by installing the extension and authorizing it again). Your 1Password data is not encrypted by Windows rather, as Mike mentioned, EFS is only used for viewing attachments temporarily and storing the secret shared between 1Password and its browser extension. Oddly enough, I haven't encountered this on any of my machines.īut to be clear, this has absolutely no effect on your use of 1Password.

I’m sorry for the confusion! Unfortunately we don't have any control over the cryptic messages Windows gives.

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