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Google Authenticator implements TOTP, which is actually a very simple standard: https://pthree.org/2014/04/15/time-based-one-time-passwords-how-it-works/ https:
by dbrgn 7y ago
Google Authenticator implements TOTP, which is actually a very simple standard: https://pthree.org/2014/04/15/time-based-one-time-passwords-how-it-works/ https://pthree.org/2014/04/15/time-based-one-time-passwords-...
If you can extract the private key, you can transfer it to another phone or device.
On Android, AndOTP is open source (available on F-Droid) and allows encrypted backups. As for Google Authenticator, I don't think you can create backups.