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Written by mcc on 2025-02-04 at 17:02

I understand why they're doing this but if I was okay with Google being able to lock me out of my password manager then I would simply be using Google's password manager already

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Written by Gordon Little on 2025-02-04 at 17:16

@mcc I did see this:

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Written by mcc on 2025-02-04 at 17:24

@gord Thank you.

The problem is some form of 2FA does seem like a good idea. I wonder if there's a way to get some of the benefits without adding hard gmail failure points.

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Written by mcc on 2025-02-04 at 17:26

@gord I am considering suggesting as a third option offering a "reverse 2FA" option:

• You attempt to log in

• A 2FA email is sent

• If the email results in "approve", you are let in

• If the email does not result in "disapprove" within 24-48 hours, you are let in anyway

This could help with catastrophe scenarios while creating only limited risk of a Problem

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Written by Gordon Little on 2025-02-04 at 18:14

@mcc That is a good idea.

Now that said, is there a reason you don't want to do regular 2FA through an authenticator app? That seems like a secure enough option. Print off the backup codes and keep them safe in case you lost your device.

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Written by mcc on 2025-02-04 at 18:45

@gord Bitwarden is my authenticator app

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Written by Gordon Little on 2025-02-04 at 18:51

@mcc Bitwarden Password Manager can be hooked up to Bitwarden Authenticator to do 2FA, in which case they do not do the email authentication part (if I'm reading all this correctly). The email part is only if you use the password manager without 2FA.

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Written by mcc on 2025-02-04 at 18:52

@gord okay so i guess then the idea is i never get locked out as long as i still have one remaining device running bitwarden?

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Written by Gordon Little on 2025-02-04 at 18:57

@mcc When you hook the authenticator app up, you get a bunch of backup codes, you print those off and save them somewhere very safe. Those are your safety net. With those you can lose all your devices and still be OK.

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