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

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (27 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (10 children)

No, they're both ostensibly open source and standalone. I'm an avid Bitwarden Free user, but Aegis has been my go-to for a long time.

If it's a standalone completely offline app, like Aegis, I'm at a loss to what they could offer that is any different than what Aegis already offers.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you look at the roadmap they have in the blogpost, they are apparently planning tighter integration with the existing bitwarden suite

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

...but wouldn't that undermine the fact that it's standalone and offline?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

The idea is that it can then work both says, like https://ente.io/auth does

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Sand the fact that it's a 2fa. A thicker integration with bitwarden would make it like a 1.5fa

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I don't see why it would if it's optional

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

How so? They already have TOTP built-in to the app if you pay for premium, so this is just a free competitor to their own offering.

I'm guessing they're trying to make it a "gateway" to getting people on Bitwarden. Start with the TOTP app, then use the password manager, then pay for premium. Or something like that.

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