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Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#11

Post by willis936 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:34 AM UTC

I keep 2FA in a keepass db. I use keepassxc on computers and strongbox on phones.

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#12

Post by m-p-3 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:45 AM UTC

diego_moita wrote: post #9

Pebble-authenticator. 2FA is a killer application for a smartwatch. Equally awesome are barcodes, replacing membership cards.

Also available for BangleJS devices

https://github.com/espruino/BangleApps/tree/master/apps/auth...

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#13

Post by m-p-3 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:46 AM UTC

abdusco wrote: post #6

BOOSTERHIDROGEN wrote: post #3

Bitwarden

I thought that feature was behind a subscription, though?

It is, unless you host your own Vaultwarden instance.

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#14

Post by m-p-3 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:47 AM UTC

remuskaos wrote: post #8

donohoe wrote: post #5

Even if you don’t use Google, you can use their Google Authenticator app.

I've used Google Authenticatior a few years ago. Back then it didn't support device migration.

Yeah, it was somewhat lackluster for a while.

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#15

Post by usr1106 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:49 AM UTC

TOTP is an RFC, so when sites talk about Google Authenticator you can use any implementation. I use a couple of lines of own Python and the pyotp package. I audited it that much that it doesn't do any networking.

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#16

Post by throwaway81523 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:51 AM UTC

I'm using OTP Authenticator which is on f-droid. It is nice. Before that I used a simple python script, but I finally broke down and started using a "smart" phone.

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#17

Post by mthrow_123 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

I have a script I can run on any of my machines to generate the OTP code (so I don't need a phone/app).

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#18

Post by HJain13 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 5:59 AM UTC

remuskaos wrote: post #8

donohoe wrote: post #5

Even if you don’t use Google, you can use their Google Authenticator app.

I've used Google Authenticatior a few years ago. Back then it didn't support device migration.

It does now.

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#19

Post by slyall » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 6:34 AM UTC

A vote in favour of Authy. Works well and easy to transfer to a new phone ( I even did it when my phone died while overseas ). It even has a desktop version (which I use on Linux ).

Re: Ask HN: Recommended two-factor authenticator app for personal use?

#20

Post by watermelon0 » Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 6:40 AM UTC

If you use iOS, I can recommend OTP Auth. It's free and also has a great Apple Watch app.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/otp-auth/id659877384