@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1742arrow-down16
arrow-up1736arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square183fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoAlso, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
minus-squareaardlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoIt’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)
Also, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
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.
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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