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Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app (bitwarden.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bitwarden Authenticator is a standalone app that is available for everyone, even non-Bitwarden customers.

In its current release, Bitwarden Authenticator generates time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) for users who want to add an extra layer of 2FA security to their logins.

There is a comprehensive roadmap planned with additional functionality.

Available for iOS and Android

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

What's wrong with Authy?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not open source, and I believe an account is required.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Also doesn't allow you to export so you can't switch to another service

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Also they have weird behind the scenes integrations into accounts even if they are just supposed to be regular 2FA. You can read stories about Twitch not playing well with other 2FA until 30 days after you remove Authy. I don’t want those kind of shadow integrations and I should be allowed to switch apps as I see fit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Uhg... Didn't know that part. So frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

And twilio, the parent company has been hacked before

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago

I guess for me, it being closed-source and the fact that the Bitwarden password manager and now Bitwarden authenticator are open source. Truthfully, I just see how they handled the desktop version of their Authy software, giving no fucks if consumers wanted it or not, being a big red flag of what could come after. Having used Bitwarden for years now, and giving them $10 a year, makes me more biased and inclined to use their other software, since they've never let me down. :)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

I use Aegis and it works well. FOSS and easy to use.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Too many things use it, if it becomes compromised that is way too broad of an attack for me to opt into