Until you lose the device with the 2fa app and can’t ever get into those accounts again. I’ve heard that horror story before and I avoid those apps because of it.
Write down your set up codes on a piece of paper (or, just the important ones to get access to your digital backups) the others can live within your app of choice.
(Keepass2Android is a great, free app. Just toss a couple of coins to your dev if you’re feeling generous)
Lots of these apps let you export the entire vault as a file. I use this to import it on other devices. I currently have it on my phone (Aegis) and my pc (OTPClient) and is very satisfied with the experience.
I also have encrypted backups on a USB flash drive, an external HDD and five separate cloud services. I trust this solution.
I’m glad they have options, but if you don’t know you’re supposed to do that then it doesn’t help you after something goes wrong. Most people don’t know to prep for that.
I hate 2fa so much, I never thought they would come up with anything more irritating. Little did I know.
I really like 2FA as long as it’s TOTP and I can use an offline app or program for it. It just works and is very easy and secure.
Yeah it should be “Password+TOTP”
Until you lose the device with the 2fa app and can’t ever get into those accounts again. I’ve heard that horror story before and I avoid those apps because of it.
Write down your set up codes on a piece of paper (or, just the important ones to get access to your digital backups) the others can live within your app of choice.
(Keepass2Android is a great, free app. Just toss a couple of coins to your dev if you’re feeling generous)
Lots of these apps let you export the entire vault as a file. I use this to import it on other devices. I currently have it on my phone (Aegis) and my pc (OTPClient) and is very satisfied with the experience.
I also have encrypted backups on a USB flash drive, an external HDD and five separate cloud services. I trust this solution.
I’m glad they have options, but if you don’t know you’re supposed to do that then it doesn’t help you after something goes wrong. Most people don’t know to prep for that.