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After logout, login doesn't require key

Chose Create Account, identity # ending in 18mG, but then logged out because I wasn't sure if I should use the same login and key from the original Anytype app. Then I chose Login to another account (with existing key), and it made another new account, different Identity # ending in uDsu, but it saved the key I pasted.
After logging out, I am able to open either account without input a key.

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Alex Lins·14 days ago
  • When you create an account or sign in with a key, the app saves it securely in your device’s OS keychain. It is never stored on disk in clear text, written to logs, or exposed anywhere.
  • You won’t be asked for your key again on that device. When you sign in using a saved account, the key is read directly from the OS keychain and used to authorise you.
  • Logging out simply takes you back to the sign-in screen. It doesn’t erase your data or remove your saved key from the keychain.
  • That’s why the sign-in screen shows the accounts you’ve used on that device: you can sign back into any of them with a single click. You only need your key when signing in on a device that doesn’t already have it.
  • You can view, copy, or download your key at any time in Settings → Login key.

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Alex Lins·14 days ago

Hi, thanks a lot for the feedback. At the moment, that’s the intended behaviour. Your phrase is stored in the Keychain and then used to authorise you.

What behaviour would you expect instead? Is the UI/UX ambiguous or unclear in any way?

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Curie·14 days ago

With Anytype app, when logging out, I cannot access the app unless I enter my key again to login. So this was my expectation for the new app.
Can we choose our own words for the key? When I select Login to another account with existing key, I used the key for my Anytype ID focusedcuriosity.any, it accepted this key but created a new AnyTwo ID. Anytype app and Anytwo app do not have same IDs?
Maybe clarify in testing instructions that these are separate logins.

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Alex Lins·14 days ago

We deliberately derive identities through different paths so that Any and Anytype data don’t get mixed together.

So, by entering your Anytype key, you simply created a new identity in Any. That’s the intended behaviour.