Sustainable Substitutes for Big Tech Two Factor Authenticators

Privacy respecting, ethical alternatives to LastPass and Google Authenticator.

  • Feasibility: How easily can the average user switch to this substitute? Higher feasibility results in a higher ranking.
  • Editor's Rating: How sustainable is the substitute? The more sustainability attributes it fulfils, the higher it is ranked.

Aegis Authenticator

An open-source authenticator app, storing all data locally only.

Aegis does not collect or transmit user data to external servers. All data remains on the user’s device, ensuring privacy.
Aegis is ad-free, providing a clean and uninterrupted user experience.
Aegis is free and open-source software (FOSS), allowing users to inspect, modify, and contribute to its codebase.
No user registration or account creation is required to use Aegis, enabling anonymous usage.
Aegis is available for free, with no mandatory premium features or subscriptions.
Aegis functions entirely offline, as it does not rely on cloud synchronization or internet connectivity for core features.
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Ente Authenticator

A two factor authenticator app, offering encrypted cloud synchronisations as a paid service.

Ente Authenticator prioritizes user privacy by encrypting all data and ensuring only the user can access their authentication codes.
Ente Authenticator functions offline for generating 2FA codes, though cloud sync requires an internet connection.
The app is ad-free, providing a clean and focused user experience.
Ente Authenticator does not require registration to use its core functionality for generating and storing 2FA codes locally. However, if you wish to use the optional end-to-end encrypted cloud sync, you need to create an Ente account.
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How to move away from Big Tech Two Factor Authenticators

Here's a guide on how to easily get away from Google Authenticator and LastPass Authenticator.

Google offers an export functionality for all One Time Passwords via QR codes. These codes can be imported via QR code scans in the new app. If the old and new app are hosted on the same device, you might have to take screenshots of the QR codes. Same goes for exports of LastPass Authenticator. Microsoft Authenticator does not allow export, so migration needs to be done manually by setting up 2FA anew for all accounts affected.