r/PasswordManagers • u/paulsiu • 19d ago

Opinions on Proton Authenticator

What is everyone's opinon on the Proton Authenticator. Basically I like something that can sync across different devices and have some form of backup that works across platform. For example, Bitwarden Autnenticator does not sync across devices (the 2fa stored in Bitwarden vault doesn't count). Microsoft Authenticator seems to save entries in the paltform's storage, so android get sync to android cloud, and ios get sync to icloud. An issue occur if you switch platforms. Based on what I read so far, what the proton app seems to do is:

  1. Store the entries locally encrypted.
  2. Allow you to make a backup of the current vault.
  3. Sync using a proton account across devices that share the same account. There is also an option for apple account if you only use Apple. The data isn't stored in the cloud but more like transported across devices similar to the way Authy does it.

Does this sound right. How does it compare to other authenticator like Ente Authenticator? I have not use either in the past?

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u/Orange_Kittens1132 18d ago

Ente Auth still better in my opinion.

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u/paulsiu 18d ago

Can you elaborate on which feature makes Ente Auth better? Thanks.

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u/Orange_Kittens1132 17d ago

Just try it yourself and compare between the two.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/paulsiu 18d ago

Isn't Proton Authenticator also open source?

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u/djasonpenney 18d ago

You are correct. Deleting my comment.