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Authy is shutting down its desktop app - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years 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.

[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years 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?

[–] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Basically, yeah.

[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Blerggghgfghhh >:[

Thanks

[–] PastaGorgonzola@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years 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.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] maxprime@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ignorance.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.