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1. Press d to delete the "welcome" message.
1. Press d to delete the "new device" message.
1. Press q and y to exit and purge deleted messages.
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+## Security
+
+[The Bitwarden Security Whitepaper](https://bitwarden.com/help/bitwarden-security-white-paper/) says that Bitwarden clients, such as the browser extension, never pass the master password that can decrypt passwords to the Bitwarden server.
+Note that root on the system can tamper with the Vaultwarden web vault, but the browser extensions are controlled by Bitwarden.
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+Therefore, we recommend changing the master password *before* entering any sensitive data in Vaultwarden, to ensure that the password cannot be snooped by root on the system.