Password managers are generally known for securely storing passwords for you. Platforms such as Bitwarden also allow you to save other pieces of sensitive information. Payment card details are one example of this. By storing your card details in your password manager, you don’t have to worry about forgetting them or about having to check them every time you want to buy … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Hide Payment Card Details from the Default Tab Page
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Bitwarden: How to Create a New Folder
You can choose to just enter all of your account credentials and card details in your password manager and never sort them beyond their individual names. This is a perfectly legitimate way to use a password manager and can be perfectly functional given the search functions that are generally included. … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Create a New Folder
Fix Bitwarden Auto Filling Not Working on PC and Mobile
The main role of a password manager is to save your login information and automatically auto-fill it whenever necessary. In this manner, you don't have to manually enter your username and password every time you want to log into various tools and platforms. But sometimes, your password manager may fail to fill in the username and password fields automatically, and Bitwarden is … [Read more...] about Fix Bitwarden Auto Filling Not Working on PC and Mobile
Fix: Bitwarden Not Asking to save Password
Bitwarden is a reliable and versatile password manager. But nobody can build bug-free software. The program may sometimes fail to auto-fill your login information or prompt you to save new logins. Let's explore why Bitwarden won't save new passwords and how you can troubleshoot this problem. … [Read more...] about Fix: Bitwarden Not Asking to save Password
Bitwarden: How to Safely Rotate Your Account’s Encryption Key When Updating Your Master Password
Occasionally, when using any service, you may want to change your password. Generally, this will be to something more secure, although you may also want to change your password to be easier to type. With a password manager such as Bitwarden, you may assume that changing your master password would change the encryption key used to encrypt your data. However, this isn’t the case, … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Safely Rotate Your Account’s Encryption Key When Updating Your Master Password
Bitwarden: How to Disable Website Icons
The fact that some entries display the website icon next to the entry in the vault is one of the little features in Bitwarden that you may not even particularly notice. While this may seem like a totally innocuous feature, it does actually have a minor privacy implication. … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Disable Website Icons
Bitwarden: How to Enable Gravatars
One of the minor features in the Bitwarden web vault is the account icon. It's only visible in two places in non-organizational accounts. These are the “My Account” settings page and the profile drop-down menu in the top-right corner. Your name from your “My Account” page determines the color and letters of your account icon. While you can change your icon by trying different … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Enable Gravatars
Bitwarden: How to Update Your Encryption Key Settings
Your password manager's master password secures your vault. It is essentially a key to unlock access to all of your other passwords. It would help if you always used a long, complex, and unique password. This is even more important for a password manager, though, given the sensitive information it protects. What is slightly less obvious is how your master password is used to … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Update Your Encryption Key Settings
Bitwarden: How to Configure How URLs Are Matched
The core feature password managers are known and named for is the ability to securely store your passwords. Many password managers pack in extra features, however, to offer a better experience for their users. One of the many extra features that Bitwarden offers is automatically filling entries into login forms. … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Configure How URLs Are Matched
Bitwarden: How to Configure the Timeout Action of the Web Vault
When most people consider cybersecurity risks, the focus will primarily be on weak passwords or vulnerability to hackers. This is because these two risks are key in most scenarios. Most attacks either rely on hackers guessing weak passwords or exploiting vulnerabilities. If you’re using a password manager, you have hopefully started – or continued – using unique, long, and … [Read more...] about Bitwarden: How to Configure the Timeout Action of the Web Vault