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I struggle with this on a lot of 2FA. I change my phone every 1 or 2 years when I get an upgrade and the 6 months after I end up having to keep my old phone aro
by etothepii 3y ago
I struggle with this on a lot of 2FA. I change my phone every 1 or 2 years when I get an upgrade and the 6 months after I end up having to keep my old phone around to handle the 2FA apps that can't be ported over, it is incredibly annoying.
For me allowing a weak 2FA that moves you from the pool of people that can be trawled to the people that need to be specifically targeted is a huge improvement, but my fear of losing access to critical systems because I lose my phone fills me with dread.
- stephenr 3y agoYour 2FA app of choice doesn’t support export/import?
- macintux 3y agoI was forced to create my first ever Microsoft account to be able to back up my Microsoft Authenticator app. I struck a small blow in return by using a very rude email address for it.
- jack1243star 3y agoWait until your account is flagged and disabled for violating some TOS that says to "be nice" or "be civil".
- saint_yossarian 3y agoI use Aegis Authenticator on Android which does encrypted cloud backups, so changing phones isn't much of a problem. I also only keep critical accounts there, the rest goes into Bitwarden. I realize this isn't as secure, but with those accounts I wouldn't even bother with 2FA otherwise.