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I used Google Authenticator some years ago on a phone that broke. At the time I was unable to restore it to my new phone. The proposed solution used to be to au
by bijant 5y ago
I used Google Authenticator some years ago on a phone that broke. At the time I was unable to restore it to my new phone. The proposed solution used to be to authenticate multiple devices (phones with Authenticator, Yubikeys) but to this day many Services only allow You to link a single second factor to your Account, meaning that upon loosing that factor you’re required to contact support to restore access to your Account. Is there any open source solution that generates a second factor in software and can be easily cloned/restored to multiple devices ? Nobody buys a single set of keys for their front door or car. I know why yubikeys don’t offer „spares“ but usecases can differ are there any yubikey protocol compatible competitors that offer spare keys ?
- quassy 5y agoNothing is stopping you from adding the secret token to multiple apps or devices to generate TOTP codes, as there is no connection between the service providing the secret and the TOTP generator. One way to have a backup is just adding all your secrets to your password manager like KeePass, KeeWeb etc which can generate TOTP codes (but kind of defeats the purpose of _two_ factor).