Introducing Proton Authenticator: Secure 2FA, your way

[landordragen]

Introducing Proton Authenticator: Secure 2FA, your way

Introducing Proton Authenticator: Secure 2FA, your way | Proton

[Blackbird]

I’m not really sure what the use case for this is, since Pass and the browser extensions work just fine.

edit. That was a stupid post, once I thought about other ways to use it than what I’m used to..

[GorujoCY]

It’s supposed to be a Ente Auth competitor.
And I personally use dedicated authenticators [which is Ente], this is a good change

[landordragen]

Each tool has its own purpose.

For instance, I personally always use a password manager and an authentication app, keeping them separate.

I believe it’s not the best practice to have the authentication codes in the same app that manages passwords.

While some may prefer that for convenience, I find that it works better for me to keep them distinct.

[Punctual0044]

Looks interesting and no proton account needed. But I will stick to Aegis and Ente (and keepass) for now. Ente has been great for cross platform need and I use Aegis as an offline 2FA. I have added some 2FA in keepass just for fun.

BTW their blog should have compared the app with Ente and Aegis.

[SwampTrainer (Yo)]

This does seem to be a separate app. You can fold 2FA into Proton Pass, but this has download links to entirely different standalone apps it looks like.

Though, the work to move 2FAs is the pain here.

[landordragen]

Took me 30 seconds.

Exported from Ente Auth and imported to Proton Authenticator, done.

There is an import wizard on startup.

[Shampoo]

Something I noticed about this app that I like was the ability to sync it via iCloud being the top backup option. It’s good they don’t recommend syncing with proton as the first option because a lot of people would end up with 1.5 factor authentication instead of 2FA.

[jonah (Jonah Aragon)]

Can someone on Android share what cloud service it backs up to?

[PaleCrow55]

Cool
But to make sure I’m reading this right, it still uses the same Proton Account as Pass, correct (when you use the sync at least)? So you’d still need a separate authenticator to get the 2fa code to log in to the Proton account.

[landordragen]

From what it seems, there are two options:

1. Sync via Proton account
2. Automatic local backups

[khoa]

Don’t have an Android phone at the moment. However, according to Proton, their authenticator app on Android allow users to back up… to a folder.

You can back them up to iCloud on Apple devices or to a location of your choice on Android devices. If you’re using an Android device, you can also choose the frequency of when your backups will be updated.

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@PaleCrow55

But to make sure I’m reading this right, it still uses the same Proton Account as Pass, correct (when you use the sync at least)? So you’d still need a separate authenticator to get the 2fa code to log in to the Proton account.

Exclusive to Apple users, you can also sync via iCloud.

To sync your 2FA codes across multiples devices, you’ll need to log in to your Proton Account. If you already have one, you can log in within Proton Authenticator. If you don’t have one, follow the steps listed below to create one. If you want to be able to access your codes on multiple Apple devices, you can also do so using iCloud.

[landordragen]

That’s correct.

I have a Graphene OS phone and I can only select local storage for automatic backups.

There is no option provided to save on cloud, any cloud, apart from Proton sync.

[KevPham (Kevin Pham)]

Even if a cloud option is not available on Android, I wonder if it is possible to backup to a self-hosted home server?

[landordragen]

I really can’t tell because I do not possess a self-hosted home server.

[Privium]

@Punctual0044

BTW their blog should have compared the app with Ente and Aegis.

No because it would have been biased in their favor and used for self-promotion.

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[davidcollini]

Since this announcement shows they’re okay with replicating existing features into their own apps, I really hope to see a dedicated photos app sometime in the future🤞

[yes]

unpopular opinion

They should buy or invest in Ente. It is far superior to ‘Proton Photos’ and it would take Proton a few months or years to catch up with Ente in terms of maturity and features.

[landordragen]

I really don’t think that your opinion is unpopular.

Ente Photos is, by far and away, the best cloud Google Photos alternative. Certainly miles ahead of “Proton Photos”.

[Critical_Crab5543]

I don’t think the unpopular opinion is that Ente Photos is better than photos in Proton Drive but that Proton should acquire Ente. And I don’t think it is a good idea that Proton buys all of their competitors from the market. That’s bad for the competition.