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> they lose the master password

The threat model for every lambda user having a password manager does not cover breaking and entering[0]: they should write down their master password and keep it at home in their bedroom drawer.

Use biometrics where possible (e.g. bitwarden on Android has that option)

[0] maybe it does for you, working on some DoD-confidential docs, but your computer-illiterate aunt doesn't.

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I did that for my mother.

She lost it anyway. TWICE.

As for bio-metrics they are not possible on all devices, and some software will require you to enter the master password once in a while even if it's activated.

But even if it was not the case, if you loose your device, you need to setup the new one, and for that, you need the master password or have backups.

Back to square one.

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