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Glad I switched to Ente with (local no cloud)months ago AND that I have a backup of all my codes as well.

by weikju 2y ago

mrbluecoat 2y ago
Me too after the mobile Authy fiasco. Ente Auth for the win!
- Ndymium 2y ago
  What was the mobile Authy fiasco?
hunter2_ 2y ago
Sounds like that's still a way out, for anyone who switches now: https://github.com/raivo-otp/ios-application/issues/332#issuecomment-2139230400 https://github.com/raivo-otp/ios-application/issues/332#issu...
- lxgr 2y ago
  Only if you haven't already updated the app, as far as I can tell. (iOS does not offer any way to downgrade apps.)
jeanofthedead 2y ago
Ente looks nice, but lacks Apple Watch support. Sticking with 2FAS for now.
prof_sh 2y ago
Well, with all the positive vibes about Ente, it lacks 1 very important feature: backup code for manual restore. They only offer the option to export either plain text or an encrypted file that I have no idea how to decrypt. And the Mac companion was a very useful feature that nobody had done before.
- vishnumohandas 2y ago
  Here is how you can decrypt the encrypted file: https://help.ente.io/auth/migration-guides/export#how-to-use-the-exported-data https://help.ente.io/auth/migration-guides/export#how-to-use...
- weikju 2y ago
  Actually Raivo OTP had a Mac companion app too. Two of them even. One that acted as the same OTP app as mobile, and one that somehow synced the clipboard when copying an OTP code on your mobile app, so it was immediately available on the Mac. I always assumed that last one was redundant with Continuity that does exactly the same thing, natively, on the Mac though...
  - dimask 2y ago
    > one that somehow synced the clipboard when copying an OTP code on your mobile app, so it was immediately available on the Mac. Iphones and macs already do that (syncing their clipboards) as long as they are on the same network or sth. It usually works when they are on the same wifi, or if the iphone is connected to the mac through usb.
    - fragmede 2y ago
      It's via Bluetooth when they're both logged into the same iCloud account.
    - weikju 2y ago
      yes if you had read my next sentence, I did call out that feature from Raivo as being redundant...
      - dimask 2y ago
        oops
- fmajid 2y ago
  Lockdown (the TOTP app, not the VPN/firewall app) has both, but it is essentially abandonware now. I wrote my own exporter for it: https://blog.majid.info/lockdown-export/ https://blog.majid.info/lockdown-export/

Glad I switched to Ente with (local no cloud)months ago AND that I have a backup of all my codes as well.

by weikju 2y ago

Glad I switched to Ente with (local no cloud)months ago AND that I have a backup of all my codes as well.

mrbluecoat 2y ago

Me too after the mobile Authy fiasco. Ente Auth for the win!

Ndymium 2y ago
What was the mobile Authy fiasco?

hunter2_ 2y ago

Sounds like that's still a way out, for anyone who switches now: https://github.com/raivo-otp/ios-application/issues/332#issuecomment-2139230400 https://github.com/raivo-otp/ios-application/issues/332#issu...

lxgr 2y ago
Only if you haven't already updated the app, as far as I can tell. (iOS does not offer any way to downgrade apps.)

jeanofthedead 2y ago

Ente looks nice, but lacks Apple Watch support. Sticking with 2FAS for now.

prof_sh 2y ago

Well, with all the positive vibes about Ente, it lacks 1 very important feature: backup code for manual restore. They only offer the option to export either plain text or an encrypted file that I have no idea how to decrypt. And the Mac companion was a very useful feature that nobody had done before.

vishnumohandas 2y ago
Here is how you can decrypt the encrypted file: https://help.ente.io/auth/migration-guides/export#how-to-use-the-exported-data https://help.ente.io/auth/migration-guides/export#how-to-use...
weikju 2y ago
Actually Raivo OTP had a Mac companion app too. Two of them even. One that acted as the same OTP app as mobile, and one that somehow synced the clipboard when copying an OTP code on your mobile app, so it was immediately available on the Mac. I always assumed that last one was redundant with Continuity that does exactly the same thing, natively, on the Mac though...
- dimask 2y ago
  > one that somehow synced the clipboard when copying an OTP code on your mobile app, so it was immediately available on the Mac. Iphones and macs already do that (syncing their clipboards) as long as they are on the same network or sth. It usually works when they are on the same wifi, or if the iphone is connected to the mac through usb.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    It's via Bluetooth when they're both logged into the same iCloud account.
  - weikju 2y ago
    yes if you had read my next sentence, I did call out that feature from Raivo as being redundant...
    - dimask 2y ago
      oops
fmajid 2y ago
Lockdown (the TOTP app, not the VPN/firewall app) has both, but it is essentially abandonware now. I wrote my own exporter for it: https://blog.majid.info/lockdown-export/ https://blog.majid.info/lockdown-export/