SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1718cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.world
arrow-up1718external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square133fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.world
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoAlso, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
minus-squareaard@kyu.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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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