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Why does storing two-factor authentication codes in your password manager make sense? - Andy Grunwald

Modern login systems require a second factor (2FA) to log in, in addition to the standard username and password combination. A Time-based one-time password (TOTP) as a 6-digit number is often used. Password managers like 1Password, KeePass (or respective forks) and others offer the ability to store (and generate) the 2FA TOTP. For a long time, I was asking myself: Why is it recommended to have a Username, Password, and 2FA in the same storage (like 1Password)? Isn’t this against the basic idea o...

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