{"id":48743,"date":"2025-08-01T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48743"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:59:31","slug":"proton-pass-and-proton-authenticator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/01\/proton-pass-and-proton-authenticator\/","title":{"rendered":"Proton Pass and Proton Authenticator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romain Dillet<\/a> (2023, Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Proton, the Geneva, Switzerland-based company behind the end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail, as well as Proton VPN, Proton Drive and Proton Calendar, is announcing a brand new product today. And it’s a password manager called Proton Pass<\/a>.<\/p>

Like other Proton products, the company is insisting on the privacy and security features of this new password manager. Everything you store in Proton Pass is end-to-end encrypted, including passwords (obviously), email addresses, URLs and notes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Son Nguyen Kim<\/a> (2024, MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Proton Pass macOS app<\/strong> and the Proton Pass Linux app<\/strong>. One of the most popular requests from the Proton community was a standalone desktop app, which is now available on every major platform — Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and iPadOS, and Chrome OS (via our Android app). <\/p>

As a companion to the Proton Pass macOS app, we’re also pleased to announce the standalone native Safari browser extension<\/strong>. This extension offers enhanced convenience and security for everyone that uses macOS’s default browser. Unlike Safari’s default password manager, Proton Pass allows you to sync your logins across multiple different browsers and devices, ensuring consistent access across all platforms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Son Nguyen Kim<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>, TidBITS-Talk<\/a>, Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Today we’re introducing Proton Authenticator, a free 2FA app that gives you more flexibility than other authenticators, along with strong encryption from a trusted team. Proton Authenticator is open source like all our apps, available for every device (including desktop!), and lets you import all your existing 2FA tokens in seconds.<\/p>\n

Proton Authenticator is available now for free on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The App Store description<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

Effortless Import: Migrate from Google Authenticator, Authy, or any other app in seconds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But this doesn’t seem to include Apple Passwords or<\/em> 1Password.<\/p>\n\n

Last year, Proton also introduced their own<\/a> version<\/a> of<\/a> Google Docs, with a notes<\/a> app<\/a> forthcoming. So they seem to be doing the opposite of Dropbox.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n