Blaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoAegis Authenticator, open source Google Authenticator alternative, available on F-Droidgetaegis.appexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down12cross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkAegis Authenticator, open source Google Authenticator alternative, available on F-Droidgetaegis.appBlaze@feddit.nl to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square36linkfedilinkcross-posted to: BuyFromEU@europe.pub
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchmanlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoAny reasons to use Ente Auth over Aegis?
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoNot really. Yet, Ente Auth offers syncing between devices which one may deem to be against the concept of 2FA (different token keys on different devices).
minus-squaretrevor (he/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoBeing able to sync between devices is a huge benefit. I switched from Aegis to Ente Auth for that reason. It’s all e2e encrypted, and you can protect your Ente account with a hardware key, so there’s basically no downside.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoThe downside is complexity which is always a reason to not use software that deals in cryptography stuff. Sometimes simple is best.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIn your case, the second factor is the use of the hardware key.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIf knew the answer to this, I wouldn’t have need to ask my question…
Any reasons to use Ente Auth over Aegis?
Not really. Yet, Ente Auth offers syncing between devices which one may deem to be against the concept of 2FA (different token keys on different devices).
Being able to sync between devices is a huge benefit. I switched from Aegis to Ente Auth for that reason.
It’s all e2e encrypted, and you can protect your Ente account with a hardware key, so there’s basically no downside.
The downside is complexity which is always a reason to not use software that deals in cryptography stuff. Sometimes simple is best.
In your case, the second factor is the use of the hardware key.
If knew the answer to this, I wouldn’t have need to ask my question…