With bitwarden changing to at least email auth required, I’m one of those that stores my email creds there. I don’t want to risk losing my email so it seems I need to use an Authenticator. For work, I have microsoft auth but that makes me want to die a little.
EDIT: I appreciate you all, thank you.
Aegis.
Yubikey + Yubico app covers all my needs and is technically the most secure option
If you already have Microsoft authenticator just use that. They’re all basically the same
Aegis via Fdroid
The fact it’s in fdroid is great
Aegis is nice
Can confirm. It does everything you’d want it to do.
I switched from Google Authenticator to Aegis and have had no problems.
One more upvote for aegis
Been with aegis through 4 devices and absolutely love it.
FOSS ftw!
thanks for this!
I use proton pass but IDK if it’s good to warn against them now as they appear to support fascists
I use Aegis for personal and work stuff. Works great, is open source and initiates no network connections anywhere.
whatever you choose, keep the 2FA recovery codes to at least bitwarden on paper, in a safe place
Aegis (fdroid)
I use LastPass authenticator for 2fa (note, I do not store any passwords in LastPass)
This way the authenticator accounts sync to my LastPass account and make device migration a breeze, I simply just sign into LastPass and then I can use authenticator immediately on the new device.
You could also use Microsoft authenticator (again with no passwords saved) to achieve the same thing.
I just didn’t want to bother with exporting and importing 2fa accounts when getting a new phone. Or worse, if my phone fails unexpectedly I don’t want to be unable to generate codes.
This is really sold advice
Use Ente Auth.
Huge fan of Ente Auth as well. Completely open source and available on F-Droid. Offers encrypted backups with cloud options so you can easily restore between devices if needed.
I swear it used to state if they ever had to charge for it free accounts would be grandfathered in, but now it just says free. Guessing the photo service covers its cost.
Ente photos is also awesome. I’m a huge fan and subscriber.
I use FreeOTP. Open source tickles me.
Open version called vault warden lets you put 2FA in the app. That said, I’m not of the camp that wants to put their password and code generator in the same place so I still use Aegis for the tokens.
Doesn’t turn 2fa into 1fa?
I like to know that even if someone got into my bitwarden vault they would still not be able login to my most important stuff.
This is a different app from bitwarden PW manager.
I don’t want my password manager to also have the ability to generator 2fa codes, gotta keep em separated.
This is a different app from bitwarden PW manager.
I typically use Bitwarden for my 2fa keys and passkeys. For Bitwarden itself, I have a Yubikey and my phone registered as passkeys. I also used to use Duo for 2fa in the past, but I prefer Bitwarden.
I did not realize they had an authenticator… That would be convenient. I think I’ll do that.
I second Bitwarden. It’s open source and automatically copies the number to your clipboard. Migrating can be a pain in the ass but once you’re done, it’s great.
