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What am I missing here? Why is Bitwarden sending any data on its own at all?

I thought Bitwarden only fills login details in a form when I click on it.

What else is it doing that I am unaware of?

I think the reason is, that Bitwarden can't interact with a BasicAuth dialog because of missing browser APIs. This may be the reason why Bitwarden use this as a workaround: Send the basic auth always automatically (basic auth is only a http header) if a BasicAuth is detected.

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