Bitwarden just launched a new authenticator app. Here’s what it means to users. | Bitwarden Blog
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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

  • ebits21@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Well that’s interesting 😎

    I never like the idea of TOTP in your password database.

    • federalreverse-old@feddit.deEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It’s extremely convenient and not particularly safe. I love it, my FBI agent loves it, and my Russian hacker friend loves it too.

      • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        5 months ago

        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.

        • rutrum@lm.paradisus.dayEnglish
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          5 months ago

          I think a bigger concern is if someone managed to access bitwarden on a logged in instance. Think, leaving your laptop open, or someone steals it from you. If theres two apps for logging then both apps need to be accessible/compromised.

          • Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            5 months ago

            This seems more like a user issue then a security issue. If you are avoiding this feature because you have to idiot proof your security against yourself, your probably going to be compromised at some point anyway.

            As for your example, this seems easily avoidable by

            1. just have the vault timeout be set low (1 minute) and to logout.
            2. Not leaving your password manager unlocked and unattended (wtf are you thinking lol)
            • federalreverse-old@feddit.deEnglish
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              5 months ago

              If you are going to write “user issue” in the future, maybe stop and think. You might be calling someone dumb and be defending bad design at the same time.

  • Knasen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • Jagermo@feddit.deEnglish
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      5 months ago

      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…)