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layout: article
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title: Account Fingerprint Phrase
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categories: [security]
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featured: false
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popular: false
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tags: [fingerprint]
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order: 05
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---
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Each Bitwarden account has a public "fingerprint phrase" associated with it. Your account's fingerprint phrase is permanent and composed of five random english words that appear in a specific order, for example:
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alligator-transfer-laziness-macaroni-blue
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## What is my fingerprint phrase used for?
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Your fingerprint phrase is an important security feature that assists in uniquely and securely identifying a Bitwarden user account when important encryption-related operations are performed (such as sharing).
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Some Bitwarden procedures (e.g. adding a new user to an Organization, enabling Biometric Unlock for Browser Extensions) may ask you to verify that the fingerprint phrase matches your own or another user's.
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Validating fingerprint phrases ensures that end-to-end encryption is securely initiated and that the Bitwarden server you are communicating with (and your connection) has not been maliciously tampered with.
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## Where can I find my fingerprint phrase?
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You can find your account's fingerprint phrase from any Bitwarden client application:
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- **Web Vault**: Settings → My Account
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- **Desktop Apps**: Account → Fingerprint Phrase
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- **Browser Extensions**: Settings → Account → Fingerprint Phrase
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- **Mobile Apps**: Settings → Account → Fingerprint Phrase
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- **CLI**: Using the command `bw get fingerprint me`
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