When it comes to backups, the more the merrier, just like Mom said! 🙂Īny time you sign in to your account from a new device you’ll be prompted for a one-time password. Ideally you’d store it in both so you have access to it when needed. 1Password has been a TOTP authenticator for years now and storing it there is very convenient, but we recommend also storing it in an authenticator app like Authy. When setting up two-factor authentication, you’ll be provided with a TOTP secret that you can store in an authenticator app of your choosing. TOTP is a widely adopted standard and it’s a great way of adding a familiar additional factor to your authentication process. Time-based One-Time Passwords is a mouthful, so forgive me for abbreviating it to TOTP from here on out. Two-factor authentication in 1Password is implemented with Time-based One-Time Passwords. We’ve added two more to the guest list, and you get to invite whichever you’d like. And why shouldn’t that apply to authentication factors? You have your Master Password and Secret Key, and they’re combined to be one amazingly strong factor via Secure Remote Password. The more the merrier, my mother likes to say.

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