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I forgot my master password two days after. I thought I had stored it someplace and my guess the phone shaked after typing the master key and it undid the characters. FML moment. Spent a week resetting passwords. I only set passwords once. We use bitwarden. It was a pretty fuckery.


This is why I have so far avoided password managers: single point of failure. What if you forget your master password. Or worse - what if your master password is stolen?



... or what if you are traveling and your phone and laptop are lost or stolen?


Your bitwarden password manager is hosted and is only stored encrypted on your phone/laptop. So unless the thief knows your master password you should be fine.


I understand that the thief won't have access to my accounts, but now I don't either - correct?


You would still have access to your accounts as the credentials are hosted by BitWarden or by yourself (on a personal server for example).


It depends on whether you have access to the second factor. I have Authy installed on two phones for that reason.




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