I’m migrating the handful of accounts that I have 2FA set up in from using Authy to using Proton Pass. But I’m stuck on my Proton account itself. Should I keep Authy just for my Proton account and then once I’m in, I can use Pass for the rest of the 2FAs?
What do you do?
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It’s recommended to keep your Proton 2FA separate from Proton Pass. I think they wrote a blog post about it, I’ll link it here if I find it
Edit:
Please note that you should never use Proton Pass to secure your Proton Account using TOTP. Use a third-party authenticator app instead.
Proton themselves have suggested creating a second Proton account expressly for this purpose, despite violating their own ToS.
I think you’re allowed to do it if you’re a paying customer
Hah. Love it
Honestly speaking, nothing is going to happen with two accounts and a normal usage.
You shouldn’t use multiple free accounts. That’s on their TOS. But you can have multiple paid accounts, or one free and a paid account, sure thing.
Not an answer to your question, just another one connected to it: Is using the same software for storing passwords and 2FA beating the whole purpose of 2FA in some way? For example if someone can get a hold of your proton account somehow, there’s no additional layer of security provided by the 2FA.
I thought the same thing which is why I’m only switching over now. I switched one account just as a test, but I liked being able to access it from the browser. Maybe it’s less secure but only if someone gets my Proton account itself, which is protected by 2fa in a different app.
Understandable. I’m also struggling sometimes to find the right balance between comfort and security/privacy.
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I actually use a YubiKey (WebAuth)for my password manager. But I also have my OTPs in Aegis that’s locally backed up.
Sure but do I split off my Proton account from the rest?
What do you mean? You just add your Proton Account to an authenticator app (not Proton Pass) and you keep all of your other stuff in Proton Pass.
That is what I mean. Does it make sense to have one app (Aegis) just for one account (Proton) and then another app (Pass) for all other 2FAs?
There’s nothing wrong with this setup. Of course, it’s more secure to keep your passwords separate from your 2FA tokens, I store them in Aegis and only use my password manager for my credentials.
