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

submitted 7 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 7 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 7 months ago (27 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I used to use Aegis, but after setting up my own vaultwarden, I use the normal bitwarden app/plugin on all my systems for passwords and TOTP.

The advantages are that I don't need my phone to login, the keys are synced and backuped in the encrypted vaultwarden database, which I can then handle with normal server backup tools. It still works offline, because bitwarden app caches the password.

This is IMO much more convenient and secure (in a way that loosing access to a device doesn't shut you out, and you don't need to trust third parties) then most other solutions.

[–] derpgon 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it caches the password. Rather a decryption key is derived from your password and is used to unlock the encrypted blob.