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Why do password managers charge for TOTP code generation? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Is this some sort of a convenience feature hidden behind a paywall to justify purchasing their subscriptions or does generating the codes actually cost money? If the latter is the case, how do applications like Aegis do it free of cost?

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[–] ddnomad@infosec.pub 22 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Please don’t use your password manager for TOTP tokens. It is called two factor authentication for a reason.

[–] beeb@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The reason that 2fa exists is not to protect you if someone gets their hands on your device. It's to protect you if your "static" credentials leaked from a providers' database or you otherwise got phished. Using a password manager to handle mfa is totally reasonable.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

If you are really worried about the password manager being an intrusion vector, secure your vault with a hardware key.

[–] danileonis@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agree. That's another reason to always suggest KeePass!

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are other ways your password database could leak. For example you could use a weak password, or it could leak in some way, and if you store it on a cloud service that also got compromised you'd be fucked without a compromised device.

But yeah, all these are much less likely.

[–] ddnomad@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is reasonable yet subpar under a threat model where you do not trust any single provider, which is a model I find appropriate most of the time.

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