How to Use Bitwarden to Send Encrypted Text or Files

Called Bitwarden Send, this feature lets you securely send text and files to others.
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Use Bitwarden Send on the Web

1. Click Send in the top navigation.
2. Hit the Create New Send button.
3. Add a Name to describe the Send.
4. Select File or Text. ...
5. Enter the information you want to send in the Text box or upload your file.

1. Can I trust Bitwarden?
2. Is Bitwarden encrypted?
3. What is Bitwarden send?
4. How use Bitwarden Password Manager?
5. What happens if Bitwarden gets hacked?
6. Is Bitwarden better than LastPass?
7. Can Bitwarden be hacked?
8. Is Bitwarden a knowledge of zero?
9. How can Bitwarden be free?
10. Does Bitwarden automatically save passwords?
11. How does Bitwarden make money?
12. How does Bitwarden store passwords?

Can I trust Bitwarden?

Bitwarden is one of the most demonstrably secure password managers available today, having been publicly audited by security firm Cure53. ... Your Bitwarden vault is secured with AES-256, and your master password is never sent to Bitwarden. It's instead used to generate a key that's further hashed with SHA-256.

Is Bitwarden encrypted?

Bitwarden always encrypts and/or hashes your data on your local device before anything is sent to cloud servers for storage.

What is Bitwarden send?

Bitwarden Send is a secure and ephemeral way to transmit sensitive information to anyone. Sends can include plaintext or file attachments up to 100 MB. ... When its deletion date is reached, the Send and its contents will be completely purged from Bitwarden systems.

How use Bitwarden Password Manager?

Using Bitwarden

Head over to a website that you want to sign up for or where you already have an account. When you enter your username and password, Bitwarden will ask you if you want to save your login information. Click Yes, Save Now.

What happens if Bitwarden gets hacked?

Q: What happens if Bitwarden gets hacked? ... If for some reason Bitwarden were to get hacked and your data was exposed, your information is still protected due to strong encryption and one-way salted hashing measures taken on your Vault data and master password.

Is Bitwarden better than LastPass?

LastPass and Bitwarden offer basically the same basic password management functionalities. While Bitwarden has an extension for more browsers and can generate slightly longer passwords, LastPass is much better at all of the essentials, including importing, auto-saving, and auto-filling passwords.

Can Bitwarden be hacked?

Is Bitwarden safe? ... Bitwarden protects user passwords with 256-bit AES encryption, which makes it basically impossible for hackers to access the data on Bitwarden's servers. Bitwarden also has a zero-knowledge policy, which means that not even Bitwarden can access your data!

Is Bitwarden a knowledge of zero?

We use the term zero knowledge encryption because only you retain the keys to your Vault, and the entirety of your vault is encrypted. Bitwarden cannot see your passwords, your websites, or anything else that you put in your Vault. Bitwarden also does not know your Master Password.

How can Bitwarden be free?

As with most things in bitwarden, it's free to host bitwarden on your own! We do not charge to use any of our core features. You can use 2FA and self-host for free.

Does Bitwarden automatically save passwords?

Bitwarden is supposed to automatically save newly created logins but it rarely does. Lastpass, which is what I was using before I migrated to BW was much better at detecting this.

How does Bitwarden make money?

In short, Bitwarden likely is not paying anything at all to Duo. They're just offering support for Duo, and if you want to use it, you have to pay Duo yourself. Same goes for the other 2FA solutions too - TOTP 2FA is just Google Authentication or an equivalent app. YubiKey/U2F are physical hardware tokens that you buy.

How does Bitwarden store passwords?

The service uses an encrypted vault to store all your passwords, protected by a single long master password. Bitwarden also uses zero-knowledge architecture. It means that your email and master password are generated into a string of random numbers and letters (hashed) on your device before being sent anywhere.