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Google Authenticator

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Google Authenticator generates 2-Step Verification codes on your phone.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
2.8 / 5 Avg rating (6)
74likes
4comments

Features

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  1.  Two-factor Authentication
  2.  Time-based One-time Password
  3.  Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Cloud Sync
  6.  Multiple Account support

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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Negative Comment
K0RR
Dec 21, 2023
1

When the app whose only purpose is to keep you more secure is a security risk by itself you can be sure it's made by Google:

https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1651021165727477763

Shoji
Aug 31, 2022
0

App data no longer can be backup or restored due to use of android keystore based encryption so any reinstall or uninstall will cause app wont able to decrypt data from backup.

There is much better alternative such as Aegis which is free and open source, and support backup and restore

Ada Byron
Mar 17, 2022
1

Don't use Google Authenticator (GA). Even when app tells you, including Google themselves, to use it, you an use any OTP app. Authy is far better than any of the options from big tech like GA or from Microsoft. There are more secure ones but for ease of use and decent privacy, Authy beats GA and MS hands down.

John Fastman
Mar 6, 2017
10

If you could have exactly the same functionality as Google Authenticator or Authy but using open source software, you should prefer it for reasons of transparency and security, at the very least. That's what FreeOTP offers. Please use it instead of Google Authenticator or Authy. There's no need to have proprietary code in matters of security, and particularly not in this case.

What is Google Authenticator?

Google Authenticator generates 2-step verification codes on your phone.

Enable 2-step verification to protect your account from hijacking by adding another layer of security. With 2-step verification signing in will require a code generated by the Google Authenticator app in addition to your account password.

Features:

  • Generates codes even in airplane mode!
  • Support for multiple accounts
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Support for Android Wear

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Google Authenticator information

  • Developed by

    US flagGoogle
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.8
  • Alternatives

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  • News

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Arabic
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Croatian
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Greek
    • Hebrew
    • Hungarian
    • Indonesian
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Malay
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Slovak
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Thai
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Vietnamese

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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Google Authenticator, and it has gotten 74 likes

Google Authenticator was added to AlternativeTo by RemovedUser on Jun 27, 2013 and this page was last updated Apr 28, 2023. Google Authenticator is sometimes referred to as Authenticator.