I usually use authy for 2fa and bitwarden for passwords
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I use both Aegis and VaultWarden (self-hosted). Both can be backed up locally or synced.
I usually just use KeePassXC, which is open source and self hosted (kinda). It's synced over onedrive, though something like syncthing would work fine too.
No backups per-se, but onedrive should handle accidentally deleted files, and the database is on a few machines anyway so the chances of anything permanently happening to all copies are rather slim.
The tried and trusted aught and bitwarden combo.
I use keepass (yes, i am fully aware having the password and second factor together is bad). The only defense i have is that my database is never uploaded to the cloud and is synced either via flash drive or syncthing. Also my master password is over 20 characters with lower, capital, numbers, and symbols.
I have the same setup. But you can avoid the risk of both being in the same place by having a passwords only DB on your pc and a TOTP/Auth only in your phone (or also in PC but with different master pass and usually closed)
Yeah, I currently do something similar to this. I'm actually thinking of getting a pair of physical hardware keys/authenticators. That way I can toss one in a safe deposit box, if I should randomly end up dead while climbing a mountain pass.
Another one with almost the same setup here (but with keepassXC)
Well, TIL it’s not a good idea to have passwords and 2FA in the same place. I use 1Password and have had almost all my 2FA’s in there since they added support for it.
I used Bitwarden for a while because I liked having everything on one app. A bug with their service made me spent a day without my 2FA codes, and if your subscription fails to renew by accident they also lock the codes. Noped right out of there.
I now use Google Authenticator. Nothing special, not going to be the favorite comment on a privacy community... But it works, is free, syncs across devices, is guaranteed to work well on Android. Super simple.
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KeePassXC for me…
I use Microsoft Authenticator. I hadn't looked into open source options at the time when I needed one and it was the most immediately apparent alternative to the Google Authenticator on the Play Store.
I use Microsoft Authenticator for work because of its integration with Microsoft 365. I hate the new "here, enter this two-digit number in the Authenticator app on your phone" pop-up, though I do understand the reasoning behind it.
Outside of work it's Authy, though.
I use Microsoft Authenticator as well - I’m on iOS and it’s the only app I found that has Cloud Sync which comes in really handy when I change phones.
I believe iOS Passwords also supports OTPs but the UX of the passwords app always felt a bit clunky to me.
Currently EnPass which I sync via Google Drive across all my devices, but I'm in the process of migrating to VaultWarden (self hosted) which I'll access remotely via Wireguard if I need to when I'm out and about
i used enpass for a long time; when i first got it, it was the only one that supported putting your store in someone else's cloud, not theirs, and that supported windows phone(!)
obvs time has passed; 'other people's clouds' is common and winphone is long since being a thing
After my Authy fiasco, I use Authenticator Pro, Zoho OneAuth, and Microsoft Authenticator.
Auth Pro is my main (auto backup to Nextcloud). The other apps are for redundancy.
I'm using Google Authenticator. It was recommended by Discord and FACEIT at the time. FACEIT didn't let me queue for any CS:GO matches unless I had it. I don't know if i have the option to switch, but if I can... should I?
You should, Google authenticator doesn't allow you to backup your codes, the main flow to extract then is to use a series of QR to immediately import them into another device, not as a backup.
Now, they recently implemented a way to upload them to the cloud, but AFAIK that backup is not encrioted, so you're giving them away at the will of Google.
Many sites/applications only say "use Google Authenticator" but you can use any another which supports the format. I moved to Aegis and it was super easy, you start the export flow and scan the QRs in Aegis.
I know it's the "worst" option now (didn't when I was signing up), but I use Google Authenticator. So far no issues and haven't locked myself out
Same, I figure as long as they don't push me to use the cloud connected backup feature I'm ok. I also started backing up the totp keys to my selfhosted bitwarden as an extra measure on top of my regular NAS+rsync.net backups of the qr images
1password for me, as I get a family account through my work, as we have a corporate plan and every employee gets access to a family plan as a perk. The family plan is separate and not accessible through work so no one gets access to anything private, it’s just a regular 1pass account we get for free basically.