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penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do backups kids. :)

  I actually keep an authenticator app on my desktop, so I always have two places for everything. Aegis on my phone and “Authenticator” on my Linux desktop.

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  • Plopp@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, I’m a second child, am I a backup kid?

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  • akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Then how do you secure the backup without 2FA?

    Or is it 2FA all the way down?

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    • GustavoFring@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You could store it on an external drive. You can encrypt it with VeraCrypt as well.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Aegis encrypts it with a password, then you copy it somewhere. It’s just a set of keys and you can have as many copies as you want (I have three, one phone and two desktops).

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      • akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Aegis doesn’t run on your desktop using the same key, it’s just a key stored there, right?

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  • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I backup everything, but Aegis

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  • acetanilide@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do I do the backup for Aegis? I looked at it and it’s set up but then at the bottom it says no backups have been made 🤔

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Settings > Import/Export > Export

      This dumps it to a file, then it’s on you to copy it somewhere else.

      Or

      Settings > Backups

      I think this one is automated, but I personally don’t use it, I just back it up manually when I add something new. I keep a completely functional 2FA app on my desktop, so I always have a backup in a pinch.

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      • acetanilide@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks!

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• misanthropy@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yubikey and yubico authenticator is king. Just need multiple keys. Stick it in a PC or tap it on your phones nfc… bam totp code pulls up.

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• lemmyingly@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aegis does automatic backups. I guess you didn’t turn it on?

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  • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Guess I didn’t. I hate me even more now

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    • lemmyingly@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The penguin is dead 😂

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      • penquin@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        😂 I guess it is. Damit

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