Show HN: Sentinel – simple 2-Factor Authenticator app for iOS, macOS and watchOS(getsentinel.io)
getsentinel.io
Show HN: Sentinel – simple 2-Factor Authenticator app for iOS, macOS and watchOS
https://getsentinel.io
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Hello Microflash, thanks for your question. I can only answer for Raivo, since at the moment Sentinel is not available for Android (Aegis) or Windows (Protecc).
What I can say is the following: - as far as I know, Raivo uses iCloud, while Sentinel uses the iCloud Keychain (secured by Apple's encryption) - Sentinel offers Folders to organize tokens - Sentinel offers multiple themes and display modes
Hope this answers your question
What I can say is the following: - as far as I know, Raivo uses iCloud, while Sentinel uses the iCloud Keychain (secured by Apple's encryption) - Sentinel offers Folders to organize tokens - Sentinel offers multiple themes and display modes
Hope this answers your question
I'm gonna be that person I guess. The "lazy loading" on this product page made me close the tab immediately.
Scroll to find features, wait while loading. Scroll to find platform compatibility, wait while loading. Scroll to find pricing, waiting some more.
This is especially aggravating considering most of the media is essentially the same screenshot of the iOS app.
Curiously, how will syncing on Android be accomplished?
Scroll to find features, wait while loading. Scroll to find platform compatibility, wait while loading. Scroll to find pricing, waiting some more.
This is especially aggravating considering most of the media is essentially the same screenshot of the iOS app.
Curiously, how will syncing on Android be accomplished?
Hello h4waii, thanks for reporting.
The page is currently hosted on GitHub pages, I'll check and reduce image sizes since they are likely too heavy!
Regarding Android, we are thinking about requesting a master password to encrypt the data locally in the device and then store the encrypted data on our servers. On the receiver device, the same master password should be inserted to decrypt. This is to guarantee we won't have access to the data.
That being said, the standard will be always iCloud Keychain, but a user will be able to change this setting to include also Android devices in the syncing.
The page is currently hosted on GitHub pages, I'll check and reduce image sizes since they are likely too heavy!
Regarding Android, we are thinking about requesting a master password to encrypt the data locally in the device and then store the encrypted data on our servers. On the receiver device, the same master password should be inserted to decrypt. This is to guarantee we won't have access to the data.
That being said, the standard will be always iCloud Keychain, but a user will be able to change this setting to include also Android devices in the syncing.
The App Store reviews are pretty damning. Pay 1 dollar to unlock dark mode, only to have an update roll it back, and charge 12 dollars monthly.
That’s a pretty high monthly cost for a 2fa app. Why would anyone use this over raivo or opt Authy? I mean, even bitwarden is 10 dollars a year, and it has password management and 2fa built in?
That’s a pretty high monthly cost for a 2fa app. Why would anyone use this over raivo or opt Authy? I mean, even bitwarden is 10 dollars a year, and it has password management and 2fa built in?
Hello etchasketch, thanks for the feedback.
The dark mode was a IAP present in one of the first version of the app (if you see the review should be at least 2-3 yo).
As many apps we then changed business model introducing a subscription to be sustainable (eg 1password et al). If an app is free it usually profits on your data or will eventually be abandoned.
And NOTE that it’s $9.99/YEAR, not month. I agree with you that $9.99/month would be out of this world.
Regarding Bitwarden: it is usually best practise to keep password and 2FA in different basket, otherwise once breached the single platform you lose both.
Regarding Authy: Twilio offers b2b services, it’s clear that it’s not making money over Authy, hence it’s rarely updated. It’s 2022 and did not feature Dark Mode yet for example. Moreover, it saves your data in their private servers, recently there has been a report saying they were breached and user’s data have been stolen. I personally believe Sentinel is a more secure solution and full of feature with respect to Authy.
The dark mode was a IAP present in one of the first version of the app (if you see the review should be at least 2-3 yo).
As many apps we then changed business model introducing a subscription to be sustainable (eg 1password et al). If an app is free it usually profits on your data or will eventually be abandoned.
And NOTE that it’s $9.99/YEAR, not month. I agree with you that $9.99/month would be out of this world.
Regarding Bitwarden: it is usually best practise to keep password and 2FA in different basket, otherwise once breached the single platform you lose both.
Regarding Authy: Twilio offers b2b services, it’s clear that it’s not making money over Authy, hence it’s rarely updated. It’s 2022 and did not feature Dark Mode yet for example. Moreover, it saves your data in their private servers, recently there has been a report saying they were breached and user’s data have been stolen. I personally believe Sentinel is a more secure solution and full of feature with respect to Authy.
The App Store reviews are pretty damning. Pay 1 dollar to unlock dark mode, only to have an update roll it back, and charge 12 dollars monthly.
That’s a pretty high monthly cost for a 2fa app. Why would anyone use this over raivo?
That’s a pretty high monthly cost for a 2fa app. Why would anyone use this over raivo?
Hello, I’ve seen you commented twice, to avoid confusion please check the answer to your other comment :)
[1] https://getaegis.app/ [2] https://raivo-otp.com/ [3] https://github.com/FireCubeStudios/Protecc