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Yes. I feel like my PC is should be the source of truth for my identity, not my phone. Phones get lost, stolen, and destroyed at times and there's no guarante
by mywittyname 5y ago
Yes.
I feel like my PC is should be the source of truth for my identity, not my phone. Phones get lost, stolen, and destroyed at times and there's no guarantee that I'll have access to my phone number for the rest of my life. I'm already completely screwed if my phone number changes, because not every service offers one-time-use codes to bypass 2FA.
It is absolutely baffling that there's no desktop 2FA program that's widely used. I guess tech savvy people are using android emulators on their PC to run google authenticator, but that's such a pain.
Has anyone had luck with yubikeys for personal accounts?
- patrakov 5y agoYou can use https://authenticator.cc/ https://authenticator.cc/ with Chrome or Firefox. There are many other TOTP generators for desktop. No need for Google Authenticator.
- pepoluan 5y ago> I guess tech savvy people are using android emulators on their PC to run google authenticator I simply use Authy instead of Google Authenticator. It has a desktop app that syncs to the Authy app on my phone. With Windows 11, you'll soon be able to run Android apps without needing to install an Android emulator, but that's not here and now, though...
- SAI_Peregrinus 5y agoI use Yubikeys for everything that allows them. Haven't had any problems.