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

submitted 7 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology

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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] 50 points 7 months ago (2 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 7 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 7 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

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

[–] Evotech 7 points 7 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 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 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.

[–] fluckx 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

2FA push is on the roadmap. Does aegis have that? Or am I just too dense to realise it does?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, Aegis is 2FA? That's literally all it is? It generates One Time Pad codes for various sites and apps that support authentication apps.

So, I'm not sure what you mean?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not positive but I'm assuming they're referring to a kind of MFA where the authenticating service pushes to the client you possess rather than relying on a temporal cryptographic key. I've got a few services which work that way

[–] fluckx 4 points 7 months ago

That's indeed what I meant. Similar to how OKTA, battle.net, or the Microsoft authenticator works( in corporate environments).

You receive a push notification which asks if you're trying to log in and approve it, followed by a fingerprint or a pin code to confirm, rather than having to type in the code generated by your app