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Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication
(techcrunch.com)
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Absolutely. 2FA codes (and 2FA 'single use codes' / recovery codes) should not be stored in the same system that manages your usernames and passwords - it defeats the purpose of 2FA.
But most people will just breeze past advice and do whatever is most convenient.
I am (was?) one of those. Working on eliminating or changing the passwords and emails of my 550+ accounts. I'm creating a simplelogin email for each of the ones I'm keeping, setting up a randomly generated password for each as well (24+ characters long with every possible character available), trying to delete the accounts of services I don't want/need anymore, and then setting up 2fa on Aegis if they don't accept a hardware tokens.
But it's an intense and long process, though absolutely worth it. With work and personal life, I'm guessing I can be done in a couple of weeks.
This is what I did.