Best 2FA app?...

Diggsy · 6 Oct 2020 at 13:58

Semple said:
Once you've done once, they're all pretty much the same.

Basically scan a QR code in, wait for your device to generate a number, enter that number into the site so that it's synced, and voila you're done.

Excellent! Thanks for that, sounds really simple.

the-evaluator · 6 Oct 2020 at 14:30

Diggsy said:
Excellent! Thanks for that, sounds really simple.

It is! Also, have a look on authy.com where they have guides showing you how to enable MFA for a whole bunch of sites.

Feek · 6 Oct 2020 at 15:08

1Password is really good for that, if you have a login somewhere and it supports 2FA then 1Password will tell you.

Semple · 6 Oct 2020 at 15:36

Feek said:
1Password is really good for that, if you have a login somewhere and it supports 2FA then 1Password will tell you.

It's a bit expensive for what many other companies offer for free. I can understand charing business/enterprise use, but $36 a year seems quite excessive for what appears to be parity in features to other companies.

the-evaluator · 6 Oct 2020 at 15:57

1Password is a great product, I didn't realise it could take care of my MFA tokens too. I may look at swapping from Authy if I like the way it works.

uvarvu · 6 Oct 2020 at 17:09

the-evaluator said:
1Password is a great product, I didn't realise it could take care of my MFA tokens too. I may look at swapping from Authy if I like the way it works.

It auto populates them into the fields in your browser too on desktop and android (on iOS it copies the code to the clipboard for you to paste yourself). That approach is still far better than having to go into the authenticator app to get the code.

the-evaluator · 6 Oct 2020 at 17:17

uvarvu said:
It auto populates them into the fields in your browser too on desktop and android (on iOS it copies the code to the clipboard for you to paste yourself). That approach is still far better than having to go into the authenticator app to get the code.

Well that sounds marvellous, I shall start migrating over. It won't replace Authy completely as I have a bunch of SSH sessions secured with MFA and 1Password doesn't do SSH logins AFAIK.

Diggsy · 6 Oct 2020 at 22:48

Thanks again! Some great help here!