SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down12
arrow-up1279arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAlso, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
minus-squareaard@kyu.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAnd as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)
Also, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.
And as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.
It’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)