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Reminder for Bitwarden users: Starting in February, users without two-step login (2FA) enabled will need to enter a verification code sent to their email when logging in from an unrecognized device (bitwarden.com)
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Bitwarden users who store their email account credentials within their Bitwarden vaults would have trouble accessing the sent codes if they are unable to log in to their email.

To prevent getting locked out of your vault, be sure you can access the email associated with your Bitwarden account so you can access the emailed codes, or turn on any form of two-step login to not be subject to this process altogether.

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[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

My problem with this is my email accounts are locked behind bitwarden. Can't login to email without bitwarden. If both my devices get stolen at the same time I'm fucked. I'm not going to pay for premium to enable a emergency contact.

Downloaded bitwardens authenticatior app. Now firefox on my computer is asking for me to press on a security key which I assume is some sort of biometrics my computer doesn't have.

I love 2FA I just don't see how it is supposed to work if you need bitwarden to open your email to get your 2FA code.

Let's say your backpacking through south america and both your devices get robbed. Your ticket home is in your email. What's the solution here? You can't go to a coffee shop and login to your email because its securely locked behind bitwarden. You can't login to bitwarden because you can't access your 2FA from your email.

What am I missing?

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember two passwords. My email and my password manager. Oh, and one of my banks.

Locking the key in the vault, or the backup vault, didn't make sense to me. It also made sense for me to have access to one bank even if I lose both "vaults".

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 5 points 1 month ago

My email pass is over 25 more or less random characters that I change about once a year. That's why I use bitwarden!

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