Bitwarden already has a feature called “Log in with device”. What I am proposing is identical functionality but for unlocking your vault. This would provide a great alternative to manually typing in master password/pin and where biometric unlocks are unavailable - not every desktop machine has a camera or fingerprint reader, but most people will have their phone easily accessible at all times.
Similar to “Log in with device” feature, provide an “Unlock with device” button under the empty Master Password field.
To make things smoother, add a “Default unlock method” option in the app/extension settings where you can choose e.g. “Unlock with device” or “Master Password”. With “Unlock with device” option selected pressing a keyboard shortcut to auto-fill a password when the vault is locked would automatically send an unlock push notification request to a mobile device that is authorized to approve unlock requests.
When the vault becomes locked and requires you to verify your identity, it should present “Log in with device” as an option, since you can just click “Log out” and the “Log in with device” anyways.
I am waiting for this feature SOOO much. Do we know if it’s going to be implemented? Unlock with the phone that I have available at all times would really help usability.
Without it “log in with a device” is pretty much useless, as I either need to type a full password, or even worse find an authenticator app and copy 6 digit number.
This would be a huge security improvement. When my browser extension is not in use I want it to automatically lock and require bio-metrics to unlock it. Since biometrics are not supported on ubuntu, it should push a biometric unlock request to an authorized device (my phone) and allow me to unlock the browser extension from that device. Been waiting years for this.
When first loading vault.bitwarden.com with a user-agent that has logged in before, “Log in with device” is available as a login option.
It would be nice to have it, “Log in with device”, available for unlocking the web vault (and presumably also desktop, possibly mobile) , when re-unlocking it, after timeout-based or manual locking of the vault.
I would just like to chime in that this would indeed be very helpful for many. In my case, it is because biometrics are disabled by my organization, so having the authentication request forwarded to my phone would be a good security improvement for me.
In browser extension, it is possible to “login with device” only when you are completely logged out.
But when the vault is only locked, it only offers to open it via master password.
Please enable that a locked vault can also be unlocked with a device. The feature could be named “unlock with device”.
Thanks!
