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Why does Bitwarden need access to my browser profiles and downloads directory suddenly? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by passenger@sopuli.xyz to c/bitwarden@discuss.tchncs.de

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I am very confused by this update message I got from KDE Discover when updating my Fedora Linux.

Bitwarden wants new permissions:

Home folder access: Can read and write files in the following locations without asking for permission:

Below, it lists what look to be profile folders for chrome, edge, chromium, firefox and "mozilla".

In addition, it wants system folder access: some xdg-config paths for several browsers and the Downloads folder!

What is this?

I cannot find any explanation for this.

Going to uninstall anyways, no thanks.

Rather use the website then, until I setup my own VaultWarden, unless I figure out a good sync for KeePass.

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[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I do use it but I need some kind of sync between android (grapheneos), windows and linux. This is what I have been using Bitwarden for. I guess it's time to self-host Vaultwarden. Or this termux-syncthing trick I hear about...

[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you can selfhost, you might also consider an SFTP or WebDav server, as Keepass2Android supports these (and more) ways to sync the databasefile. For Linux (and Windows I think) there are applications like Free File Sync.

[–] passenger@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks! Sftp might be the way to go for me...

Can kp2a open several databases at once?

[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm not sure, but I think no.

[–] hobwell@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

I just setup syncthing for this. I’m only syncing on the local network, but I think it has options to reach across the net.