I feel like Proton is launching too many things at the same time. I wish they’d improve what already exists first (mainly thinking about Proton Drive and Pass here, but there are probably other things as well).
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Yup. Still waiting in Proton Drive for Linux
Not saying it's a bad product, but all I'm seeing here is "we're releasing yet another new product while our existing lineup languishes in the quagmire of Soon™ regarding relatively basic features."
I feel like enabling FIDO2 2FA on mobile apps would be a much better use of resources at the moment.
Additionally, if you share your account with other people and haven’t enabled two-factor authentication, you may not want to join the Sentinel program, as it will increase your chance of being challenged during logins.
I wonder, so why not just force Sentinel program users to enable 2FA?
I enabled it because hey, why not? Doesn't cost me anything extra then some more time logging in.
I am assuming much of this is more advanced login security. Such as geo locations, you can't be in NY and CA in less than 5 minutes.
A fair bit of questions unanswered.
- Why shouldn’t we just enable Sentinel?
- How do we disable it?
- Will apps normally stay logged in?
- How would the experience be across platforms when combined with Fido2 / Yubikey?
I wish Proton made an easy to use recovery sheet that we could print out, similar to 1Password.
As someone who owns a publication, I'm very thankful for this new security feature. My team is growing very rapidly and I really need all the security I can get as the owner/founder.
I know we all want several missing desktop apps and other features, and I do too. But yes I'm thankful for this too.