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Am I just weird that I don't trust their "recovery process"? My own process has always included having it installed on all my computers in case one of my device

Am I just weird that I don't trust their "recovery process"? My own process has always included having it installed on all my computers in case one of my devices goes missing or is destroyed. Getting rid of Desktop seems like it's going to increase the amount of recovery processes because of phones getting lost, destroyed, stolen, etc for no real gain beyond not having to support it anymore. Or am I just expected to have a spare phone that I install Authy on and leave in a drawer? My accounts are too valuable and critical to be locked out of them for 48+ hours or forever. I have security keys on everything that supports them but seems very short-sighted to leave this big of a gap in their ecosystem with no planned replacement.

devrand 3y ago
Yeah, that was basically my only reason for having it on the desktop. Thankfully I can just install the ipad app on my macbook as a workaround. More than likely though I'll just move all my TOTPs to 1password.
jrochkind1 3y ago
Yes, this is precisely why I use Authy -- for multi-device support with Just Works sync. I've got it on cellphone, work laptop, personal laptop. So even if two of these devices get lost or damaged, I still have the one. I don't believe myself capable of keeping all these "recovery codes" for every service. I don't believe most people are. A 2FA ecology that depends on everyone having their "recovery codes" to avoid a situation where a lost/bricked/stolen device means they are locked out of like ALL their services... is an ecology where most people are at some point going to be locked out of all their services. It's pretty incomprehensible to me that this is the ecology that's been built? I don't know of any other thing with multi-device support -- that includes laptops not just phones, I only have one phone! -- that's as seamless a UX for non-techies as Authy. there are some non-free ones, that still aren't really as good usability wise. DIY setup on your own cloud storage does not even come close.

devrand 3y ago

Yeah, that was basically my only reason for having it on the desktop. Thankfully I can just install the ipad app on my macbook as a workaround. More than likely though I'll just move all my TOTPs to 1password.

jrochkind1 3y ago

Yes, this is precisely why I use Authy -- for multi-device support with Just Works sync. I've got it on cellphone, work laptop, personal laptop. So even if two of these devices get lost or damaged, I still have the one. I don't believe myself capable of keeping all these "recovery codes" for every service. I don't believe most people are. A 2FA ecology that depends on everyone having their "recovery codes" to avoid a situation where a lost/bricked/stolen device means they are locked out of like ALL their services... is an ecology where most people are at some point going to be locked out of all their services. It's pretty incomprehensible to me that this is the ecology that's been built? I don't know of any other thing with multi-device support -- that includes laptops not just phones, I only have one phone! -- that's as seamless a UX for non-techies as Authy. there are some non-free ones, that still aren't really as good usability wise. DIY setup on your own cloud storage does not even come close.