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I’ll second this. Early on, they used to have non-optional syncing and I almost lost the data in my account when I tried to use Proton Authenticator to authenticate with my proton account. I had to use Proton Authenticator to login to Proton Authenticator to get access to Proton Authenticator. Now …

The authenticator meets all the criteria but, personally, I would like to see Proton follow through with their commitment to having the authenticator audited (atleast once) before its added, since Proton seems to have a history of misleading its customers. Proton Authenticator will also undergo re…

That’s the problem with every ecosystem provider. If anyone is using multiple services from the same provider, they shouldn’t use any of that provider’s services to log into their main account. I’m already using Ente Photos, and to use Ente Auth, I should create a separate Ente account. The same go…

I totally agree with your points. But if you look closely at the recommended Multifactor Authentication page, there’s only one recommended TOTP app — Ente Auth. Aegis is available only on Android, so it might not be an option for everyone, especially for someone using iOS. The most recommended TOTP …

@night_driver That’s the problem with every ecosystem provider. If anyone is using multiple services from the same provider, they shouldn’t use any of that provider’s services to log into their main account. I assumed that Authenticator would work locally on my device, as there is no reason to l…

Fair enough. Personally, I don’t love these points based on the number of current reccomendations. I don’t believe that should ever be a factor.

It looks like there had an issue where it stored 2FA seeds inplain text which has been fixed already. So, do you guys add it to the recommended Multifactor Authentication page?

This Authenticator works offline. But in my case, due to my cross-device usage — more specifically, multi-mobile usage — I have to use a cloud-based 2FA app. I don’t carry both my mobiles all the time, just any one of them. So to log into my online accounts, I need the 2FA installed on both of my mo…

So, what do you think is the reason it’s not on the recommended Multifactor Authentication list?

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