Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen

• aard@kyu.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)

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    • todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Protip: Don’t do any of this, unless you hate your accounts being secure.

      An encrypted backup, and a stash of recovery codes for important accounts is the most secure way.

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