End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by tempestn » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 5:48 PM UTC

End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App
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Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by latchkey » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 5:52 PM UTC

They intentionally make it really hard to migrate your data off their app under the premise of "security". Now, they are EOL'ing desktop apps, which are extremely convenient to use, despite the terrible UX.

https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260805179070-Ex...

The process for exporting is doable, but requires fairly deep technical knowledge and it isn't 100% clean. In order to do so, you need that desktop app and a specific version at that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/comments/116kpvf/export_a...

I stopped using it ages ago because of these reasons, this should be your heads up to do the same.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 5:54 PM UTC

More previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38921618

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by rc_kas » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 5:57 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #3

More previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38921618

Is sad because that one got posted too early and probably won't reach the top of the feed and fewer people will see it.

.. and mods will probably delete this one.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by polyvisual » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:05 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

They intentionally make it really hard to migrate your data off their app under the premise of "security". Now, they are EOL'ing desktop apps, which are extremely convenient to use, despite the terrible UX. https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260805179070-Ex... The process for exporting is doable, but requires fairly deep technical knowledge and it isn't 100% clean. In order to do so, you need that desktop a…

I use Authy. I've read a few comments about how migrating away is difficult. What do you use instead?

I also use bitwarden, but not sure how I feel about passwords and totp being in the same app.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by drpossum » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:09 PM UTC

polyvisual wrote: post #5

latchkey wrote: post #2

They intentionally make it really hard to migrate your data off their app under the premise of "security". Now, they are EOL'ing desktop apps, which are extremely convenient to use, despite the terrible UX. https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260805179070-Ex... The process for exporting is doable, but requires fairly deep technical knowledge and it isn't 100% clean. In order to do so, you need that desktop a…

I use Authy. I've read a few comments about how migrating away is difficult. What do you use instead? I also use bitwarden, but not sure how I feel about passwords and totp being in the same app.

I've moved over to Proton Pass (you can do TOTP on the desktop through a browser, I figured if I'm authenticating into a site I must have internet) but KeepassXC was a strong contender. Both have excellent mobile support and Keepass has native desktop clients.

Proton Pass isn't free, though, but I already had their services.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by drpossum » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:13 PM UTC

Interestingly, due to how Apple has developed its app ecosystem, it looks like you can still have it on a Mac Apple silicon desktop if you install it via the app store.

https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/17592416719003-A...

> Note: The iOS app will still be available to download on M1/M2 powered Apple Mac devices.

It does work, but it's not first class support, though. You have to enable alternative touch settings if you want do the "drag to the left to delete a token"

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by latchkey » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:14 PM UTC

polyvisual wrote: post #5

latchkey wrote: post #2

They intentionally make it really hard to migrate your data off their app under the premise of "security". Now, they are EOL'ing desktop apps, which are extremely convenient to use, despite the terrible UX. https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260805179070-Ex... The process for exporting is doable, but requires fairly deep technical knowledge and it isn't 100% clean. In order to do so, you need that desktop a…

I use Authy. I've read a few comments about how migrating away is difficult. What do you use instead? I also use bitwarden, but not sure how I feel about passwords and totp being in the same app.

> not sure how I feel about passwords and totp being in the same app

I felt the same way and I've come to realize that it is not a big deal. One advantage is that with a shared password manager account, you can also share the TOTP along with it. Very convenient for a bunch of usecases.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by politelemon » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:18 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #2

They intentionally make it really hard to migrate your data off their app under the premise of "security". Now, they are EOL'ing desktop apps, which are extremely convenient to use, despite the terrible UX. https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260805179070-Ex... The process for exporting is doable, but requires fairly deep technical knowledge and it isn't 100% clean. In order to do so, you need that desktop a…

And they try to lock you in to their own ecosystem. If you use sendgrid, it requires an authy specific 2fa code that can only be generated in their app.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by mayneack » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 6:21 PM UTC

How do folks use two factor auth for 1password logins? It feels wrong to me to use 1password as the second factor for 1password itself. My last remaining authy second factors are for primary email and 1password. All other second factors are in 1password.