I'm finally moving to Bitwarden. What are some mistakes I shouldn't make so I don't lose my account? (lemmy.world)

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I have finally decided to move to a proper password manager. But it's kinda scary, you know, to export all you passwords in one place and if you mess up a bit you might lose all of your passwords especially when they said once I lose my master password there is no way to recover it.

So, what are some precautions I should take before moving to Bitwarden? Did you ever lose your account? Share your experiences.

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[-] zerozaku@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I don't usually write stuff on paper and feel I might never remember that I've wrote my password somewhere on a paper. But yeah ig it's better to write it down and have it somewhere than not write it at all.

[-] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

There's things you should keep safe, birth certificate, marriage license, car titles, etc.

Buy some sort of paper storage thing and keep everything safe there.

https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/fema_safeguard-critical-documents-and-valuables.pdf

Ideally, it should be something that you can grab and bring with you in an emergency, but not something easy for someone to steal. Something like a fire safe that has a cable that can wrap around something secure, but relatively easy to unlock in case of disaster.

[-] mrbn@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

You can tell me what it is and I'll remember it for you /s

[-] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

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