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Authy is shutting down its desktop app - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you’d rather switch apps altogether, it’s worth noting that Authy doesn’t come with an export feature.

That's what makes Aegis better IMO. People use it because they like it, not because they're locked in.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So how do I go about switching away from Authy? Go to every site I have 2FA enabled and remove/readd with the new app?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Basically, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Blerggghgfghhh >:[

Thanks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

You can follow the steps here to use a previous version of the desktop app to extract the keys: https://gist.github.com/gboudreau/94bb0c11a6209c82418d01a59d958c93

The javascript didn't seem to send the extracted data anywhere, but I did disconnect from the internet while running the script.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What would possess anybody to use a 2FA service that locks you in?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ignorance.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's not like they advertise "No exporting" as a feature after all.

And generally speaking when people are grabbing an authenticator app it's because you're either trying to sign up for a service, or you've been given some kind of unwelcome push to upgrade your account security. Not an environment that's conducive to extensive research.