@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 7 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1742arrow-down16cross-posted to: privacy
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoAlso, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
minus-squareaardlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 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•7 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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