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Check out Authenticator Plus - its another TOTP app that lets you backup your (encypted) 2FA secrets and optionally syncs them across devices. Thankfully Googl
by sethhochberg 8y ago
Check out Authenticator Plus - its another TOTP app that lets you backup your (encypted) 2FA secrets and optionally syncs them across devices.
Thankfully Google Authenticator is just TOTP, so you can use whatever client you want.
- jammygit 8y agoThanks for the tip, I only knew about authy before
- witten 8y agoAlso, check out andOTP on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.shadowice.flocke.andotp/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.shadowice.flocke.andotp/ Open source and supports backups.
- StavrosK 8y agoandOTP is amazing, I thoroughly recommend it.
- otachack 8y agoHad no idea about this. I liked Google's Auth since it was simple but it missed the crucial backup feature. Authy is nice but you're putting trust in a 3rd party that doesn't have a channel for donations, though it seems they're making money through SMS (Twilio). andOTP is just what I was looking for since it's FOSS and had backup! This would have been a lifesaver when I lost my phone but glad to have run into it now.
- peterwwillis 8y agoTOTP is old and busted, U2F is the new hotness. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor
- slezyr 8y ago> The device key is secured against duplication by a degree of social trust in the commercial manufacturer TOTP sounds much better. Also doesn't requires "trusted magic hardware"
- peterwwillis 8y agoU2F prevents some vulnerabilities that TOTP alone can't. It's possible to replicate it in software instead of a hardware token, but so far nobody has. So if you're adopting 2FA, suggestion is to use U2F if you can.