Codebook for iOS 5.1.1 is available now.
Changes in this version
- Updates the Password Reminder feature to make clear the user can still login
- Dismisses keyboard on login view when tapping outside of Master Password field
- Adjusts the Recents, Favorites, and Search views to allow display of Entries without a Category assignment
About these changes
Password Reminder
When we released version 5.0.0, we included a feature we call Password Reminder. Over the years we’ve become a little concerned that there may be a lot of customers who only ever use Touch ID or Face ID to access Codebook, and no longer remember their password. Then, once the Touch ID or Face ID settings change, they permanently lose access to all the data they’ve stored in Codebook.
Thus, the Password Reminder works like so: on a regular interval (every 2 weeks by default), instead of automatically prompting you for Face ID or Touch ID at the login view, Codebook will ask you to manually type in your Master Password instead.
You can still log in with Face ID or Touch ID if you’ve forgotten your Master Password (and retrieve it once inside, from the Secure Enclave), using the Face ID or Touch ID button on the login view.
However! A number of users assumed they were locked out permanently, and didn’t see / know that the Face ID icon button (or Touch ID icon button) on the login view would allow them in. That’s a dangerous scenario, as people in a panic can start to go changing settings, and changing their Face ID or Touch ID settings would definitely lock them out!
We feel like this feature needs more work, but in the meantime, to help prevent any panic and make it clear what’s going on (that the user can still login, and retrieve their password), we have included an adjustment in this build that will prompt the user on password failure in this scenario with this very information, and a clear button to “Login with Face ID” or “Login with Touch ID”.
To adjust the Password Reminder feature, go to Codebook > [More] Settings > Login Settings, where you can adjust the “Password reminder” selection. To disable the feature, set it to “Never”.