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I wish there was a way to export my codes from Microsoft authenticator on iOS. If anyone knows of a way to do this, please feel free to reply. I would like to m
by eek2121 1y ago
I wish there was a way to export my codes from Microsoft authenticator on iOS. If anyone knows of a way to do this, please feel free to reply. I would like to move to an open source solution.
- riedel 1y agoI also have the same problem, however, I think Microsoft started to use some proprietary protocol wit some challenge / response scheme.
- Aachen 1y agoYes, Microsoft tries to get you to use their proprietary mechanism by default. You need to click on the "use a different method" link when doing the setup to get a code that is compatible with e.g. Google Authenticator, FreeOTP, and all the other ones
- riedel 1y agoThe last time I tried to that for an external MS Teams instance, the option to use another method was gone. Could have been a compliance thing of the 'owner' of the instance, however, I actually tried multiple times to circumvent installing their app, but failed.
- unethical_ban 1y agoIt's a setting of the app owner. I ran into the same thing. Though I admit a push based 2FA is more resistant to phishing.
- mrweasel 1y agoLearned that the hard way, never ever add ANYTHING to the Microsoft Authenticator app if you can avoid it. It is impossible to migrate to something else. I had a client where I got a new phone and forgot about the Microsoft Authenticator. Three months later I had to go on site with the client to reset my Authenticator as signups could only be done from their network.
- Aachen 1y agoKeep in mind that perfect is the enemy of good! You don't have to switch all at once. Start adding new tokens to a better manager and see if/when you get around to migrating the ones that are currently locked into Microsoft. That way, the task will get smaller rather than larger over time :)