

Grantor is notified of request via email.

Grantee submits a request for emergency access. Grantee is notified of confirmation.Īn emergency occurs, resulting in grantee requiring access to grantor's vault. On confirmation, the grantor's master key is encrypted using the grantee's public key and stored once encrypted. Grantor is notified of acceptance via email and confirms the grantee as their trusted emergency contact. On acceptance, the grantee's public key is stored with the invite. Grantee is notified of invitation via email and accepts the invitation to become a trusted emergency contact. The invitation (valid for only five days) specifies a user access level and includes a request for the grantee's public key. Emergency access uses public key exchange and encryption/decryption to allow users to give a trusted emergency contact permission to access vault data in a zero knowledge encryption environment:Ī Bitwarden user (the grantor) invites another Bitwarden user to become a trusted emergency contact (the grantee).
