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Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen (appleinsider.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Interesting, I've seen this one before but it didn't seem like it would support my deal-breaker scenario—I still can't seem to see support for that on the readme, could you point me at some docs?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (10 children)

The point is you physically and locally back up the database. Put it on your computer, or a flash drive or whatever. You can set a different, longer password for backups, and I would recommend you do that. When you get your new phone, you just copy the database into it and load it into a freshly installed Aegis. You don't even need to self host anything, there is nothing to host.

Not everything needs to be "in the cloud". I think this event illustrates nicely why.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

This is specifically a scenario where I'm starting from a single blank device because I've just been robbed on the other side of the planet.

Edit: for added weight, I've been in this exact scenario. I was able to get my ESIM reprovisioned to a new phone and recover everything within a day. I don't want to replace authy with a solution that doesn't cover that scenario

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What I do is using synching to sync my files on my PC when I am at home. You could also manually back it up on a cloud drive.

Anyway I think it's best practice to store somewhere recovery codes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Do you carry your recovery codes with you at all times?

I guess I could do this, but it seems like a downgrade from my current situation

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