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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 metadat »

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…

What should I replace it with? Any recommendations for a functionally equivalent cross-device 2FA app?

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Post by egwynn »

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 had some good luck with https://github.com/token2/authy-migration

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by latchkey »

egwynn wrote: post #22
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 had some good luck with https://github.com/token2/authy-migration

Nice find!

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by toomuchtodo »

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 use Bitwarden, but have moved as many 2FA/MFA accounts to Passkeys as possible to avoid needing MFA.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by graphe »

secabeen wrote: post #19

Yeah, super-ugh. Every 2FA vendor wants to lock you in. I was able to export secrets from GAuthenticator on a rooted phone with sqlite, it looks like that is still possible on Authy too. Another vote for rooting your phone.

I wish I knew this. I have a version of gauth that wasn't able to be exported on an old phone. I lost a bunch of crypto because of this.

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by throwaway918274 »

mayneack wrote: post #10

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.

I used to use Authy (lol) as my second factor for 1Password and then 1Password for everything else. After migrating off of 1password, I just use Authy for everything...

Re: End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App

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Post by lxgr »

redrove wrote: post #12
mayneack wrote: post #10

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.

I use a YubiKey.

Does 1Password allow multiple/backup hardware authenticators?
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