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		rattray on July 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA Anyone else confused with this name vs Microsoft Entra, the new name for Active Directory? Is there any shared etymology between Ente and Entra? I'm curious where both come from.

vishnumohandas on July 8, 2024 [–]

No shared etymology, "ente" means "mine" in Malayalam. Felt like a nice name to build a privacy company around. Also the domain was available :)

If you're interested, here's more of the backstory: https://ente.io/blog/ducky/

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