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!
Aegis all the way, but I’m curious about Bitwarden’s offering. May check it out one of these days.
A lot of people like Aegis. I just keep it all in VaultWarden because I’m lazy and it’s easier.
I’m a happy Aegis user but there are other similar FOSS apps that I don’t remember their names you might wanna check
Keepass2Android. I store everything in a KeePass database synced with OneDrive. I like KeePass because it serves as the storage for all my passwords, OTP, and even SSH keys because it can act as an SSH KeyAgent.
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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.
Since I got Yubikey 5, I ended up using Yubico Authenticator. It’s a bit of a PITA since it requires unlocking with the key at each use (NFC or USB), but I grew to actually appreciate that extra layer of protection. The OTP accounts are actually stored on the key (I believe up to 32 per key), so it is highly portable.
App is decent and available for every OS, including Linux.
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.
I use Authy, but these comments are going to make me check out Authenticator Pro, especially since I see its backup story on the main page, and it supports sha256, which Authy does not (and enabling current Lemmy 2fa silently fails).
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
Authenticator Pro here too
Material You, Wear OS and auto backup is a game changer!
I’ve been using microsoft’s authenticator and it works well, but reading these comments i’m thinking it may be time to consider a change…?
Whatever works for you, but I switched from Authy because it didn’t have the features I wanted, and I was uncomfortable with them holding my codes in a non-portable format!
Microsoft Authentication didn’t allow me restore my backed up codes when I switched from iPhone to Android.
AndOTP Foss and all things I want (encrypted backups,qr etc)
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
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
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.
Bitwarden and Microsoft Authenticator. Both are fully featured password managers with 2FA code support.
