Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen
ikidd@lemmy.world 4 months agoOops, missed that part. Not that I know of, though SMS is a terrible way to do 2FA. It annoys me so many businesses and banks use it.
Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen
ikidd@lemmy.world 4 months agoOops, missed that part. Not that I know of, though SMS is a terrible way to do 2FA. It annoys me so many businesses and banks use it.
9point6@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I agree it’s much worse than using a modern OTP app, but I need a way to access my OTP database when the only form of digital identity I have access to is my phone number.
Authy currently supports this scenario for me (with a load of checks, it doesn’t happen instantly), so I would require a like for like replacement
EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Bitwarden has a 2FA recovery code possible so you could use a unlabeled hard copy of the code. It cycles after every use so it would get you one recovery and doesn’t use SMS so it’s immune to SMS chicanery.
9point6@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s potentially a solution then, as I guess in order to buy a new phone I would need to have not lost my wallet too at least, so I guess I could keep those items together for equivalent recovery possibility
Okay that may be a goer, I’ll look a bit more into it, thanks!