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I’m not sure why people who mainly used TOTP and mobile are saying they are going to migrate to something else. I also used the Desktop application, but I could

I’m not sure why people who mainly used TOTP and mobile are saying they are going to migrate to something else. I also used the Desktop application, but I could have used my phone in those cases 99% of the time, and if you’re using the Backup feature, you should still be able to recover your account in case you lose your phone, no? Or am I missing something? I migrated from Google Authenticator before it offered backups too precisely for the backups/restoration.

MrStonedOne 3y ago
I do not like being dependent on having a working phone to log in to my digital life. Any break in my phone will take weeks for me to be able to afford to replace, meanwhile what? Im locked out of everything? Why would I risk that? Phone battery is dead so I got to wait 5 minutes to log into my forums while it charges enough to allow me to boot it and then boots? Might as well move purely to yubikey in that case. The whole point of using authy was the reliability of cloneable auth tokens between my desktop, laptop (desktop os) and phone. 3 piece holy trinity. and what? you want to move that down to one? Even if its backed up, what do I do while it is stolen or off for repairs? The ENTIRE point of using authy over any other solution was that its wide app base made it more reliable. They adversely selected for the userbase that would get mad over this
MrDresden 3y ago
As has been mentioned, not all of us want to have our whole infrastructure relying on a single device (mobile). The desktop app was both convenient but also a backup plan for me. The seemingly unnecessary depreciation of a tool we all use gives of dangerous vibes for the future. It is not that I think that the Authy mobile app is going away, but rather that the design and features of it will slowly become worse over time. History backs me up on this. And honestly, for something as fundamental as 2FA we should be using self hosted and open source tools without any corporate ties anyways. This was just the push I needed to make that happen (Aegis).

MrStonedOne 3y ago

I do not like being dependent on having a working phone to log in to my digital life. Any break in my phone will take weeks for me to be able to afford to replace, meanwhile what? Im locked out of everything? Why would I risk that? Phone battery is dead so I got to wait 5 minutes to log into my forums while it charges enough to allow me to boot it and then boots? Might as well move purely to yubikey in that case. The whole point of using authy was the reliability of cloneable auth tokens between my desktop, laptop (desktop os) and phone. 3 piece holy trinity. and what? you want to move that down to one? Even if its backed up, what do I do while it is stolen or off for repairs? The ENTIRE point of using authy over any other solution was that its wide app base made it more reliable. They adversely selected for the userbase that would get mad over this

MrDresden 3y ago

As has been mentioned, not all of us want to have our whole infrastructure relying on a single device (mobile). The desktop app was both convenient but also a backup plan for me. The seemingly unnecessary depreciation of a tool we all use gives of dangerous vibes for the future. It is not that I think that the Authy mobile app is going away, but rather that the design and features of it will slowly become worse over time. History backs me up on this. And honestly, for something as fundamental as 2FA we should be using self hosted and open source tools without any corporate ties anyways. This was just the push I needed to make that happen (Aegis).