2FA browser extension firefox

Aidanmc

I need to get a 2FA browser extension on my laptop, in order to receive the 2FA codes

What would you suggest is best one/ easiest to set up?

DullGreyGuy

2FA is just an acronym for two form factor authentication. There is no way enough information to be able to recommend any "browser extension" without knowing what you are trying to achieve and for what service. Some basic services will have username/password as form one and a texted code for form two. Our work laptops use biometrics for form 1 and a push notification using Okta for form 2. You can't get a browser extension that deals with both. 

Personally as a Mac user iCloud stores username/password with biometrics to retrieve and phone and laptop are synched so texted code is a simple click to insert but I'm feeling you want something else. 

Aidanmc

DullGreyGuy said:

2FA is just an acronym for two form factor authentication. There is no way enough information to be able to recommend any "browser extension" without knowing what you are trying to achieve and for what service. Some basic services will have username/password as form one and a texted code for form two. Our work laptops use biometrics for form 1 and a push notification using Okta for form 2. You can't get a browser extension that deals with both. 

Personally as a Mac user iCloud stores username/password with biometrics to retrieve and phone and laptop are synched so texted code is a simple click to insert but I'm feeling you want something else. 

Yeah, i'm not really understanding the terminology!

Ok so, Trading 212 investment platform have made 2FA necessary to make withdrawals, this is a new move from them as previously i could withdraw no probs to nominated account.

They require 2FA enabled to proceed. As i understand it they produce a QR code which needs scanned and then 6 digit code produced.

I dont use smartphone/tablet so someone suggested a browser extension authenticator may be the answer.

flaneurs_lobster

Having such an extension would make the implementation of 2FA that Trading 212 are insisting on meaningless. The second authentification here is a code generated on an authorised second device. Means you need both the logged in web session and the phone/tablet in your possession to make that withdrawal.

Good luck if you think you can bypass this, might be better to ask 212 for advice, they might have another solution like a USB key or some such.

Heedtheadvice

Possibly https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/qr-lite/

But most I found from a quick search seemed to be for Ios or Android...

Aidanmc

flaneurs_lobster said:

Having such an extension would make the implementation of 2FA that Trading 212 are insisting on meaningless. The second authentification here is a code generated on an authorised second device. Means you need both the logged in web session and the phone/tablet in your possession to make that withdrawal.

Good luck if you think you can bypass this, might be better to ask 212 for advice, they might have another solution like a USB key or some such.

I have already mentioned to 212, i asked if it was possible to get a SMS code. At the present they dont have that facility, but have passed my suggestion/feedback on. So no further forward really.

 

400ixl

Not really looked into a desktop TOTP generator but seems like for Windows there is one https://winauth.github.io/winauth/

Can't vouch for it personally though.

Vitor

Trading 212 are, unsurprisingly, only supporting the google or Microsoft Authenticator  apps on smartphones.

TMSG

I don't know anything about the 2FA QR code 212 will give you but if it's indeed compatible with "the google or Microsoft Authenticator" as @Vitor wrote they will work with any TOTP authenticator that's compatible with those two, eg the one posted by @400ixl.

FWIW I'm using KeePassXC to store all my passwords (as wells as the TOTP code secrets) and also use it to generate the 2FA codes, available for Windows and Linux (on Android I use keepass2android for the same purpose).

Works like a charm.

400ixl

Vitor said:

Trading 212 are, unsurprisingly, only supporting the google or Microsoft Authenticator  apps on smartphones.

Thats not how TOTP works. All compatible solutions will work with it, they are just promoting those two and probably the ones they will give support themselves for.

DullGreyGuy

Vitor said:

Trading 212 are, unsurprisingly, only supporting the google or Microsoft Authenticator  apps on smartphones.

Their website says they support a range of solutions and just gives the two as an example. 

The problem is wanting 1st and 2nd form on the same device. I've used Okta, Microsoft Authenticator and others installed on both laptop and mobile but with all but Adobe's option the app is only triggered on the device I'm not using despite both device's app being logged into the same account.