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

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] cyrus@sopuli.xyz 155 points 6 months ago (40 children)

To those that are confused about this:

Bitwarden does indeed handle TOTP directly in the password manager, but only on paid accounts and only logged in.

This is a completely offline app, separate from your existing Bitwarden account, that is entirely free.

It might serve as an alternative to e.g Aegis to some.

[–] revv@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 6 months ago (27 children)

Is there a good reason I don't know about to prefer this over Aegis?

[–] MiguelX413@pleroma.miguelcr.me 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Reading these comments, it feels like Aegis became the standard without me noticing.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Reading these comments I feel like I'm completely out of the loop because I've never even heard of Aegis

[–] emzili@programming.dev 8 points 6 months ago

It doesn't get a whole lot of attention but it's the most mature open source authenticator app and one of the first ones you would find in fdroid. With that said, there's nothing really standout about it or its features, it just works.

[–] MiguelX413@pleroma.miguelcr.me 1 points 6 months ago

same

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just on Lemmy

[–] MiguelX413@pleroma.miguelcr.me 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

interesting. what makes it special? i'm assuming it's just like any other TOTP client?

[–] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Someone answered this for me. It's just that it's open source. If that matters to you, there you go.

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