I use two-factor authentication every day. Any app or service that provides additional protection, you can bet that I am enableing it. Not only 2fa helps to secure your accounts, but it is very easy to use.
The only warning is that you must pass your phone to access time-based certification code. Sometimes, I do not have my phone in the same room when I am trying to log in to a site, app or service. By that end, I have to get up, try through the house, find my phone, and reconstruct the code.
What would happen if there was an easy way? there is.
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There are 2FA apps that you can install on your desktop that act like one on your phone. You add an account to the app and then, when you need to log in to that account, you tap the entry in the 2FA app, recover the code, and use that code to reach the account.
Instead of getting up through the house for your phone and stumbling, you can do all this with your desktop or laptop facility. But which apps are available?
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It is a shame that auto is not available for the desktop, as it will be ideal. This does not mean that there are no quality desktop apps. In fact, I am going to highlight an app for each major OS – Linux, McOS and Windows.
1. Artist (Linux)
Authenticator is a 2FA desktop app for Linux, and it is simple to use anything you have on your phone. With the authenticator, you add accounts as an account with your mobile app, save them, and then call them when needed.
The authenticator includes a long list of providers (tokeeers), which you can choose. Facilities include time-based, counter-based and steam method support; SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512 algorithm support; QR-Code scanning using a camera or from screenshot; Application locking with a password; Sukti shell search provider; And backup/restoration from freeotp+, AEGIS (encrypted or plain text), andotp, and Google authentic applications.
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The app is simple to use, but I suggest that you have an enclosed webcam to make the scanning QR code possible. If not, you can always take a screenshot of QR code and the app can detect the code from there. You can add an account with the list of providers (trust me, there are lots) by clicking + button in the top left corner and then searching the provider in question.
Authority can be installed using Flatpak. If the flatpack app store in your Linux distribution is baked in GUI, find it and install it from there. Otherwise, install it with the command:
Flatpak installed Flathub com.belmoussaoui.autenticator
Adding a new account to the authentic is quick and painless.
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Authenticator is free to install and use.
2. Apple Password (Macos)
Why install a third-party app when you can use one underlying one? The Apple password contains a 2FA code section for each entry and it simplifies 2FA through typed setup code or QR code. There is nothing to add or enable, as the 2FA feature is prepared by default.
Using 2FA in Apple Password is incredibly simple, and I would give you excessive advice that you start using it asap as you will not have to hand over the certification of your account to another unit yet. Keeping it simple works well when the app supplies the simplicity as the apple password is as good. This is not to say that there are no better apps (you can also use Bitwardon for 2FA code), but if you are already engaged in the Apple ecosystem, there is no reason to see anywhere else.
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Apple password is installed by default and is free to use. Note that when you share the apple password entry, the 2FA code option is shared with it.
If you are embedded with the Apple ecosystem, the Apple Password is a no-grain for 2FA code.
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Apple is free to use the password app.
3. Bitwardon (windows)
Bitwardon Each desktop could have been the winner easily for the operating system as it is not only one of the best password managers in the market, but its 2FA feature is at the top.
When you go to add 2FA verification to an account, you just have to detect the key for the account (usually have a button under the QR code to reveal it), copy the key, and paste it into the segment of the “authentic key (TOTP)” Valt item. Once you do this, click Save, and you are good to go. Now, when you open that vault item, you will see the temporary 2FA code ready to go.
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The 2FA code is automatically counted below 60 (because they are valid for only 60 seconds) and change automatically when the countdown is completed.
Bitwardon is my Go-Two Password Manager.
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The 2FA is free to use the feature and is available for both free and paid Bitwardon accounts.
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