I just switched to Authenticator Pro from Authy and I’ve been very pleased. It took some time to get my codes transferred over, but now I have android wear support, night mode, and my codes aren’t held hostage by Twilio!
AndOTP Foss and all things I want (encrypted backups,qr etc)
Aegis ftw
Aegis is FOSS and supports easy backup and restore. TOTP 2FA isn’t a very changing or proprietary technology so using open source options are easy.
Aegis, simple, Foss, and has all the features I’d want (ex: biometrics).
Biometrics got me. One day it stopped working and I had forgotten the password since I wasn’t using it frequently.
Yeah I personally like having biometrics because it is very quick.
If you are already using BitWarden as your password manager you should know that it also supports 2FA. Before I figured that out I was using Google authenticator because it saves to the cloud and I was paranoid about losing my 2FA.
But is it really still a second factor when it is stored in the same app that stores the first factor of authentication?
Well that just raises questions about password managers in general. Why protect all your unique passwords with one that you likely never change?
Is this a rhetorical question? One very very strong password that is never passed to a third party, managing a separate passwords that do have to be sent over the internet, is definitely a better strategy. It makes 2FA redundant for the majority of standard threat models, and that’s why bitwarden includes support for those timings too.
Yeah, might eventually switch over but for now, keeping them separate. It does seem very convenient!
Using Authy. Pretty happy with it. It’s key feature for me has been the ability to easily restore if you lose, reset or upgrade your device, without having to mess around with your own backup and syncing.
Would suck to reset your phone and discover the sync had failed and the backup was not up to date.
I would like to have it on Wear OS though…
Authy is alright but I found myself increasingly uneasy. No major updates for a very long time and being owned by a giant security corporation, combined with the inability to export my codes, left me feeling like it was enshittification waiting to happen. I wanted dark mode and more control over the icons and organization too
Yeah. If it gets enshittified or sold to a dodgy company, I’d not hesitate to migrate.
Might bookmark this thread for if (when?) that time comes.
Authy does have dark mode as a toggle in the settings, btw. Not sure when that was added.
Yes, but doesn’t track with system
Used andOTP but got discontinued, Aegis is the king now :)
Is there a way to automatically transfer secrets from andotp to aegis?
andOTP backups are supported on Aegis after you create a vault
I think some people get to paranoid with 2fa with storing in password manager. Like if you have a high threat model keep it separate. But for most people just having a password manager with 2fa is streets ahead of 99 percent of people.
I like Aegis being FOSS and for it’s backup.
Keepass for passwords AND 2FA codes. It is really awesome to have them in one place.
Authenticator Pro is quite good and looks beautiful with material theming. I’ve recently completed shifted to Proton Pass though, which is a complete E2EE password manager having support for 2FA as well. It’s synced with Firefox on my desktop and laptop.
Do you know if it’s possible to use Proton Pass just for 2FA or do I need to store my passwords there too?
You can use it just for 2FA if you want.
I just use Bitwarden. I can have my passwords and TOTP all in one place, and if I auto-fill, I can have it automatically copy the TOTP to the clipboard to make it even easier
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I’ve been using Microsoft authenticator for a long time but authenticator pro looks decent. Just tried to export stuff from Microsoft app and there is one interesting thing: i will have to do all of my accounts manually. Yep, no export. But i will do it, after that i eill have not a single app from Microsoft which means my privacy will be happier
Aegis user here ✌️ I’ve never had any issues since I started using it. Switched to it and Bitwarden after using LastPass for quite a bit. I know Bitwarden has 2FA but I haven’t decided if I want premium yet or not.
I’m a happy Aegis user but there are other similar FOSS apps that I don’t remember their names you might wanna check
