@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1742arrow-down16cross-posted to: privacy
arrow-up1736arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square186fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoAlso, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
minus-squareaardlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 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•2 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)
minus-squareTodd BonzalezlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoProtip: 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.
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)
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.