Doesn't "usually" mean "there are already other options"? Otherwise, why not use "always"?
Is it really the case that TOTP applications only exist for smart phones? And not for desktop computers?
EDIT: I see that crankylinuxuser in a parallel thread already pointed to a couple of desktop solutions, one for MS Windows and another for Linux-based OSes.
Starting the authy desktop client opens a window where a phone number must be entered. Are there TOTP implementations for desktops that don't require a phone number?
KeePassXC[0] can store the secrets in its password database file, no account or cloud provider required. There's also yubioath[1] which stores it on a YubiKey (requiring special hardware, but making it much harder to retrieve the TOTP secret than from either phones or desktop software).
Is it really the case that TOTP applications only exist for smart phones? And not for desktop computers?
EDIT: I see that crankylinuxuser in a parallel thread already pointed to a couple of desktop solutions, one for MS Windows and another for Linux-based OSes.