Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app
Bitwarden has launched a new authenticator app
Storing 2FA codes is just the beginning. Bitwarden aims to add defense in depth to authentication.
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
This is actually really good of them to realize that there is a market for another, separate, 2FA app to be honest. I don’t trust or like Google nor Microsoft. Authy is crap and going down the drain.
Using 2FAS now but not really feeling it.
If I could self host this and have redundancy/offsite backups I would probably move to this separate solution (Outside of regular Bitwarden).
Keeping the passwords and 2fa tokens in the same app is like writing the password on a post-it underneath the keyboard.
Aegis is my absolute favorite for 2FA's, give it a try for sure. Pretty sure it's only available on Android unfortunately though.
Privacy friendly Ente has an E2EE cloud backed up authenticator app called Auth. In case you didn't want to host your own, or need multi-device sync.
Or you can just self host Bitwarden and use the built in 2FA that can be attached to any login
I moved to Raivo on iOS
Same
Are you in my head? Is this an alternate account that my subconscious self uses? What is real?
Re Authy: Still use it for the backup and restore. I had a phone die in me and without that feature, i would have been locked out of so many accounts. Happy to switch if something better comes along, but backup is a must for me (and not via Google...)
This new Bitwarden 2FA does backup and restore! It was also important to me, as I had a phone stolen one time and without my backed up "emergency codes", I'd been SOL! :)
I'm feeling you! That's the same reason I'm looking for a alternative.
I had a phone die in me
The phone being inside you is probably why it died 😂
But on a serious note, I haven't switched to passkeys because I don't have a clear mental model of how to recover from losing both my phone and computer at the same time.
Well that’s interesting 😎
I never like the idea of TOTP in your password database.
It's extremely convenient and not particularly safe. I love it, my FBI agent loves it, and my Russian hacker friend loves it too.
Why do you think its not safe? If you trust bitwarden to protect your passwords what exactly do you think is going to happen?
Even if bitwarden is compromised in someway in the future, all that data is still encrypted and would still be highly unlikely to actually be accessed in any usable form.
The only risk is if you use a bad master password. Which is the biggest risk of using a password manager regardless.
Seems a bit odd to roll this out without having the ability to import from other authenticators (at least on android). Feels like a pretty basic feature.
Its on their roadmap and it says import should be coming this month so it's not too long of a wait.
Cool idea for anyone who doesn't already use Bitwarden for their passwords, but I would be awfully sceptical of having my passwords and 2FA codes stored on the same service - only one breach required to royally screw me up
2FA is entirely offline. So it's not really the same service and there's nothing to breach.
True. While it's definitely more secure than their other 2FA offering (storing them with your passwords), it's still the same developers making both - so it still feels like putting all my eggs in one basket.
For IOS I can see this as a valid option, because unless you are willing to trust Microsoft, Google, or Authy with your 2FA, which I personally don't think one should, then you haven't got too many options.
But on Android there are plenty others that are known to be reliable, Aegis for example, so the value proposition is lessened for me at least.
While I’m still waiting for mobile passkey support 😢
Ammmm 2fa is a Bitwarden premium feature long time ago. It works pretty well in combination with password manager
Use vaultwarden