Comment on Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen
aard@kyu.de 4 months agoAnd 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.
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)
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.