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Google Authenticator can transfer details to a different phone these days. You get a notification at the top of the App for a few days to alert you to the tran

• dijit 5y ago
  Maybe it's a poor example then, I wasn't aware of that. Mobile BankID (Scandinavian Identity Service), my British Banking app and Okta verify definitely can't transfer to a new phone. I know because I checked recently. My overall point is: they're not alone, this is a common issue for Apps.
  • krkoch 5y ago
    Mobile BankID is running in the sim card, and transfers fine to new phones. Except the ones with embedded sims, i guess :/
    • dijit 5y ago
      My (Swedish) BankID definitely doesn't run from the sim card. :S I've had 4 phones in Sweden and I had to enroll it as a new device each time in Nordea.
• toyg 5y ago
  This must be very recent - I changed my phone around June and this was not an option. So I moved all my accounts to Authy, and moved that instead, which brought everything to the new phone flawlessly.
• tumetab1 5y ago
  For those confused, like me, it seems that Google has finally updated their Authenticator app on iOS. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-authenticator/id388497605 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-authenticator/id3884976... I, like others, stopped using this app because it had dangerous bugs (app could delete the wrong token) and several limitations.