π Bitwarden cheatsheet
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TL;DR: Why we use this
β This company offers its code for public review. Competing products (such as LastPass and 1Password) are not designed for this benefit.
β This company has a good stance on privacy. Competing products (such as LastPass) do not have as good a reputation.
β This product supports multi-factor authentication (MFA), using a common standard (Sources: 5). MFA is also known as two-factor, but Bitwarden calls their feature two-step login (Sources: 7).
β οΈ It's important to use multi-factor authentication to reduce the risk of your information being lost to threat actors who get access to your email and master password. Make sure to set up MFA, here's a guide!
β This product supports data portability, using common standards (Sources: 6). Portability is important for avoiding lock-in, allowing you to transfer out your data should you ever choose to.
β Β The service supports two-step login (as recommended by Sources: 1) on all their clients.
π This service supports a live-man switch, called Emergency Access, that can be set up to delegate access to the account if the person owning the account can no longer do so manually.
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How to get support
To resolve issues using Bitwarden, follow these steps.
- Message Bitwarden support (https://bitwarden.com/contact/) and get responses via email. If you are a paid user, your request is prioritized (Sources: 2). In our experience, unless your request is extremely time-sensitive, you won't need priority support.
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Sources
- https://cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/password-managers-security-itsap30025
- https://bitwarden.com/pricing/
- https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.lastpass.lpandroid/latest/#trackers
- https://bitwarden.com/compliance/
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6238
- https://bitwarden.com/help/article/export-your-data/
- https://bitwarden.com/help/article/setup-two-step-login/
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