Comment on Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid

• Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why do you need the google Authenticator? Proton has it too.

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  • FE80@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why do you need the google Authenticator?

    Systems at work use google authenticator for 2FA. Prior jobs have used Duo.

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    • punchmesan@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Google Authenticator is merely a generic TOTP token storage app. The person you’re replying to was pointing out that Google Authenticator, specifically, isn’t necessary. There are alternatives, and unless you’re using a company-owned device that restricts the apps you can use there is no way for work to dictate which app you use for TOTP tokens.

      Duo, Okta Verify, and other 2FA apps that use push notifications and such, are a different beast altogether.

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      they are interchangeable. you can export from google to use in proton. I’ve set all my google logins to proton too. I’ve not experienced this ‘locked in’ situation if you’re using your own phone to run the app.

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    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My work has me using 3 different 2FA apps depending on what service I’m accessing. It’s great! Especially with the noticable battery consumption increase after setting up 2 more 2FA apps than I had before

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  • Blindsite@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Same reason collectivist people like social media censorship and gun control, to make them feel “safe” even though all it does is centralize power. Besides hi ow many people have the tech skills to even know what third party app repositories are?

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• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or better spps like Aegis?
  What is it with you people trying your best to get away from google but still using the most exchangeable app they have.

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  • rmrf@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lots of jobs require BYOD today (like, most F500 companies) and they limit to non-rooted OSs. I use Aegis for personal apps but I cannot escape microsoft as long as I want to keep paying my mortgage.

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Aegis has nothing to do with rooted OSs.
      If you mean Push-2FA, than that’s another story entirely.

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      • rmrf@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’m talking about MS Authenticator

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• ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They can run Keeppass, which does TOTP. It doesn’t do push notifs, like Duo does, though.

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