Authy was good but 1Password is more convenient. For now, it’s nice being back on one single password manager with a lot of power. My hope (and expectation) is that 1Password adds ability to generate a token to the Mac application. My iPad and iPhone both become 2FA devices with one setup. This setup syncs between all iOS copies of 1Password too. It’s live and even provides expiration feedback. Now, when you need to login, that login entry in 1Password will always have the code you need. From there you either manually enter the code provided by the service or take a photo of the QR code. To do this with 1Password, you enter edit mode on the iOS app and tap the “Add new one-time password” option. Any good 2FA app will work with the QR code. Generate the new QR code and get ready to snap a photo with your 2FA app of choice. 2FA is enabled for each account on the Synology and accessible through the “Options” menu item by first clicking the user icon in the upper right menu bar. If you are here for Synology tips, then I won’t disappoint. Here’s a nice walkthrough of setting up Gmail for 2FA, from the makers of Authy.
With the most recent update to their iOS app, it’s now possible. While Authy made 2FA easier (and has some nice features), it always bugged me to not have everything in 1Password. I consider it equivalent for the things I am securing. You should read the 1Password blog post about the difference between 2FA and expiring one time passwords. Both require your phone to be next to you.
That’s mildly more convenient than typing. 1 There’s also a companion Authy Mac app that can receive the token over Bluetooth and set the clipboard with the token.
It creates a single place to look for all 2FA tokens. If you are unfamiliar, it is a very nice application for managing different two factor authentication secrets and generating tokens. I’ve only used the iOS app Authy for a few months.
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