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Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen (appleinsider.com)
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[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, Google Authenticator now supports backup. Aegis is another free alternative.

[–] aard@kyu.de 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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)