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Account Access⚓︎

Account usernames and passwords can be found in Bitwarden. Maria has been granted emergency access, which should be requested when needed. Emergency access is then automatically provided after 7 days has elapsed.

The procedure for requesting emergency access to my Bitwarden account can be found below.

Additionally, a section on multi-factor authentication is found below, which contains pertinent information for accessing accounts. A breakdown of what type of multi-factor authentication corresponds with which accounts can be found here. 1

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Warning

These instructions are up to date as of the time of this writing. However, should these directions not be accurate for any reason, the most up to date instructions can be found on the Bitwarden website.

  • Log in to the Web Vault.
  • Select Settings from the top navigation bar.
  • Select Emergency Access from the left-hand Settings menu.
  • In the Designated as emergency contact section, select the grantor whose Vault you wish to access.
  • In the Request Access window, select the Request Access button.

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  • You will be provided access to Dave's Vault after the configured Wait Time, or when Dave manually approves (see Manage Access tab) the emergency access request.

Maria - complete the following steps to access the Vault once your request has been approved (manually or through lapsed wait time):

  • Log in to the Web Vault.
  • Select Settings from the top navigation bar.
  • Select Emergency Access from the left-hand Settings menu.
  • In the Designated as emergency contact section, hover over the grantor the grantor whose Vault you wish to access, and select the gear icon.
  • Select the option from the dropdown that corresponds with your assigned access:
    • View - Selecting this option will display the grantor’s Vault items on this screen.
    • Takeover - Selecting this option will open the Takeover dialog box. Enter and confirm a new master password for the grantor’s account. Once saved, log in to Bitwarden as normal, entering the the grantor’s email address and the created Master Password.

Additional details can be found at the following link:
https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/#use-emergency-access

As many accounts as possible require multi-factor authentication as part of the login process. Almost all multi-factor authentication utilizes Time-based One-time passwords (TOTP) to login, although a complete breakdown of what type of authentication corresponds with what account can be found here.

These passwords can be found in each login item in Bitwarden, and are called "Verification Codes (OTP)" 2. An example of what this looks like can be seen in the following image:

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Exact steps to take to locate these one time passwords can be found at the following link:
https://bitwarden.com/help/article/authenticator-keys

The hardware token's used for all my accounts are Yubikey's. I have three of them, which can be found in the following locations:

  • Connected to Dave's MacBook Pro
  • Connected to Dave's Linux Desktop
  • Connected to Dave's keys

Point of Reference

The following image shows the types of Yubikeys I currently own at the time of this writing:

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  1. All multi-factor authentication except for Hardware Token can be processed with Dave's cell phone. ↩

  2. There may be a few services that send verification codes by way of a text message instead of being generated by Bitwarden. PayPal is one service that still does this at the time of this writing, although this may change in the future. ↩