The main app's integrated TOTP functionality is nice for low impact services (e.g. I don't give a damn if my third Nintendo account gets overtaken). But there are more critical stuff I want an actual separate system, and this authenticator app would allow that. In particular it's free so creating a separate account would be fine.
The common sense of TOTP = your phone is to me problematic, and I feel it led to the situation we're in with Apple and Google...I have 3 computers I can use at any time, and will yell at the clouds every time I have to get my phone for some random stuff that can only happen in a mobile app.
Same way people are vehemently raging against kids having smartphones and ask for more kids protection online, while most 2FA services will default to a phone auth (TOTP or SMS, or dedicated app). And more than anything, I wish people could lose/crush/obliviate phones with less impact on their life if they want to, it doesn't need to be the key to one's digital life.
The main app's integrated TOTP functionality is nice for low impact services (e.g. I don't give a damn if my third Nintendo account gets overtaken). But there are more critical stuff I want an actual separate system, and this authenticator app would allow that. In particular it's free so creating a separate account would be fine.
The common sense of TOTP = your phone is to me problematic, and I feel it led to the situation we're in with Apple and Google...I have 3 computers I can use at any time, and will yell at the clouds every time I have to get my phone for some random stuff that can only happen in a mobile app.
Same way people are vehemently raging against kids having smartphones and ask for more kids protection online, while most 2FA services will default to a phone auth (TOTP or SMS, or dedicated app). And more than anything, I wish people could lose/crush/obliviate phones with less impact on their life if they want to, it doesn't need to be the key to one's digital life.