I use Aegis, it works well
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I like Aegis.
Bitwarden. I don't self host it, though. $10 a year for password management and 2FA is fine by me.
Same. Self hosting it sounds nice, and I self host a handful of services, but I don't want to be stuck without passwords in another country with a dead server at home because a power cut happened at some point.
Bitwarden caches your vault to your device, so you don't actually need a live connection to the server.
I had fault in my server this summer and my local bitwarden app wouldn't work without the connection. Same in my laptop, if the connection is blocked by the firewall it doesn't let me load the vault at all.
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Oh, that's actually good to know. I guess it makes sense for when you don't have a good connection as well.
It's niche but I like to point it out whenever I get the opportunity: if your workplace uses Bitwarden Enterprise, every licensed user gets a free family plan that can be linked to any account. I haven't personally paid for BW for years.
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I've been using KeePassXC. I use Syncthing to keep the database synchronized between computers.
Same here. If it's TOTP based 2fa, you can keep them in entries and use them from there.
Tbh, if you're using the same DB for PWs, you've successfully downgraded to 1FA now. Except maybe if you use a seperate KeyStick/Yubikey as secret bearer or smth
More like 1.5FA, at least. It still protects against passwords being compromised in any way that doesn't compromise full access to your password database, which is still a lot better than using just passwords without a second factor.
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I would say it still counts as 2fa just shifting what is verifying you to your password manager and using the site password and 2fa as a way to verify the password manager with the site. If setup right they would have to have the database and your password to decrypt it not just one or the other and for password managers that sync the database it should require your password and 2fa to sync to a new device so it can't just be freely grabbed. If that doesn't count as 2fa then I would like to see an argument about how okta signing you into sites counts as 2fa as it is basically the same thing.
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I use Aegis on my phone.
Aegis.
I like the auto backup feature (encrypted) . Then the backup is synced to computer via Syncthing.
Set and forget setup.
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Aegis ♥️
Aegis
Bitwarden
I'm a little concerned about having OTP and passwords together in one system.
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I've been using Aegis for several years now without any problems. It replaced the Google Authenticator seamlessly.
Aegis
Enteauth
Bitwarden Authenticator because Bitwarden seems to have a good reputation. I don't use their password manager, though.
It does seem faintly insecure that it displays all of the codes at once on one page, but I'm having trouble imagining a scenario where it's actually a problem.
Proton Authenticator. Has both Desktop and Mobile apps. Free. Don't have to sync to Proton.
Yubikey. I dont want to trust my phone, so I use some separate hardware instead
Vaultwardwn/bitwarden + a yubikey for bitwarden itself and a few others
1password
Definitely this, especially if you'll be sharing with a non techie. My wife was able to pick 1password up and use it immediately and she normally turns her nose up at any of my recommendations.
For the 1password accounts 2FA, use a yubikey or aegis. Everything else to 1 password.
Aegis seems like a pretty good 2FA app on Android from what I’ve heard. Personally, I use Ente Auth as sync is very helpful when I don’t have my phone nearby (you can either use the desktop app or use your browser, both work). Don’t think you can self-host sync, though I might be wrong. Ente Auth also works without sync, so there’s that.
I would not suggest using a password manager’s 2FA integration (e.g. Bitwarden, I think Proton Pass has one if you use that?) as it kind of defeats the point of 2FA, since if someone got access to your password manager, they would also get the 2FA codes.
keepassxc and a yubikey. And syncthing to keep all devices in sync
I use Aegis, automatically backed up every time a new key is added. Was using Authy for a while, but they're going down the enshittification hole, so I dumped them.
Authenticator and Authenticator.
Damn thoe innovative tech companies, what will they think of next.
FreeOTP/FreeOTP+
depending on your goal for this (real 2fa vs just simulated) you shouldn't have sync in the first place.
you could also look into security keys (hardware solution, webauthn/FIDO2) as an alternative that has strong security with good user experience (no typing anymore), but they're not as widely accepted.
Yubikeys. I have 2 of them and both have the same entries in case one breaks.
I'm currently using FreeOTP from F-droid. Aegis seemed to have way too much extra crap. You don't want to sync multiple 2fa applications together since the idea of the 2nd factor is it's only in one place. Even being able to back it up is sort of contra, but if you have to, make sure the backup is well safeguarded.
The basic TOTP algorithm is quite easy to implement fwiw. A dozen or so lines of Python.
I use Proton Authenticator on an iPhone without an account and I am satisfied
Yubikey for 2Fa codes also works well for sudo and su (2Fa) or if you still use Windows I think it supports single sign on there. Absolutely worth the purchase have had my keys for years.
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I used to use 2FAS, but recently switched to a self-hosted instance of Ente
Bitwarden as Vaultwarden enables TOTP.
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