Google Authenticator
Google Authenticator generates 2-Step Verification codes on your phone.
- Authenticator
- Free • Proprietary
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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
Google Authenticator Desktop Screenshots and Videos
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Google Authenticator Features
- Time-based One-time Password
- Two-factor Authentication
- Dark Mode
- Cloud Sync
- Multiple Account support
Google Authenticator information
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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- Updated Mar 19, 2024
- 4.84 avg rating
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Tags
- Authenticator
- security-utilities
- authenticode
- Authentication
Category
Security & PrivacyLists containing Google Authenticator
security • PC - Windows Applications • Android • my mobile appsRecent user activities on Google Authenticator
einwolfsregen added Google Authenticator as alternative(s) to Authorizer
Mauricio B. Holguin added Google Authenticator as alternative(s) to Bitwarden Authenticator
spidey added Google Authenticator as alternative(s) to LogMeOnce Password Manager
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
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
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.
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.