Option to encrypt the locally stored data of the Authenticator app on the device

Feature Requests Authenticator
1

… as at the moment, the data lives on the device “in a local unencrypted database”:

2025-05-08--11-56-48-vivaldi_IE1yWvo64j
2025-05-08--11-56-48-vivaldi_IE1yWvo64j918×193 25.9 KB

(source: Authenticator app - FAQs | Bitwarden Help)

So, e.g. a biometrics or PIN/password option (I think as other authenticator apps implement it) or even a “passkey” option to encrypt the locally stored data of the authenticator app would make sense.

Some thoughts to the (not yet implemented) sync option of the authenticator app:

  • When the syncing function between authenticator app and Bitwarden account/vault will arrive, I honestly can’t imagine, that this data will then also be unencrypted…

  • However, when you use the authenticator app without the sync-function (in the future), the data probably should also be locally “encryptable” on the device.

3

Aegis Authenticator allows for decrypting the local database (on Android) using biometrics or PIN/password option.

On a desktop, having an option to decrypt the local database using a Yubikey would be amazing.