I manage a family using the organization sharing feature. I use sharing to give 2 (elderly) users ReadOnly access to several important (financial) sites. That helps a lot. But some of these sites ask for Authentication codes.
When I set up security codes for a site (as the Org/Family admin) I have been keeping those codes on my device…and providing the codes when they are needed. I do not want these users creating/managing the own authenticator codes/apps.
Can Bitwarden Authenticator (with Sync) allow me to create and share authenticator codes? So these users can just ‘fill in the code’ when needed?
btw - these 2 users have LInuxMint desktops, Ipads, and Iphones. I have them using chrome browser on all devices. The Linux desktops use the bitwarden chrome extension. IOS uses the Bitwarden app.
The auth code may be needed by another device/user(family member).
This user does not understand login/security other than how passwords worked 20 years ago… and often creates new login problems.
For me: not really. When they already use the browser extension (and mobile app), with the integrated authenticator they probably can grab the TOTP code more easily than via an authenticator app on their phones.
The dedicated Bitwarden authenticator app can only sync in the following way: on a phone with the Bitwarden password manager app, a BW account that is logged in there can locally sync the codes from the “integrated authenticator” to the Bitwarden authenticator app (on that phone only). – So that would only work, when your BW account would be logged in on their phones (or more general: a BW account that “has” the TOTP seed codes), to sync to their authenticator apps…
Your users could fill TOTP codes via the integrated authenticator (via the inline autofill menu): Autofill From Browser Extensions | Bitwarden (besides using the copy buttons and/or using drag & drop)
No, sorry, it doesn’t. It would be much easier for your family members to get the TOTP codes directly from the same Bitwarden Password Manager browser extension (or iOS app) that they already know how to use, than for them to have to learn how to use a new app (not to mention the logistics of setting up sync between the password manager and the authenticator).