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#Authy desktop windows 7 password#

How are normal people supposed to manage all their accounts? Well, I have asked around, and the answer? They simply user the same password over and over again and no 2FA when it is not encforced on them. I add my 2FA's in Authy (or any other app), but where do I keep the QR-codes? Hardware like Yubi, how do I insert a Yubi key in my phone? Backup them in another cloud service? Where do I keep that password. Where should I store them? Hardcopy, I can loose that and someone can access those nevermind trying to typ 64 character long keys that 'REALLY MUST BE CHANGED EVERY 6 WEEKS!!!11'. I have 100+ passwords, including very important heavy encryption keys.

I'm starting to roll into a very heavy catch22 with passwords, 2fa and backups. Well, doesn't that account for all services, also like Lastpass? I don't have any control where they store their backups and it is not open source.

The backup codes ensure that if the application stops working that you do not loose access to your accounts. email, google drive, usb flash stick, ect. As the file is encrypted you can then store it anywhere in multiple locations i.e. Alternatively other applications offer excellent backup functionality that with the click of a button it will generate one encrypted backup of all your 2FA secret codes. This is obviously a lot of extra hassel when using authy.

#Authy desktop windows 7 code#

Some sites provide the secret backup code on screen which is a bit easier to store but not all websites provide this so you will eventually have to screen shot those QR codes. With authy to prevent this you will have to go to the extra hassle of taking screen shots of the 2FA QR codes as you are enabling 2FA.You will then have to go to the bother of having to manage and store these securely as they contain the secret access code for each of your accounts. You could loose access to banking, google, email, paypal, it could be very bad news. You may be locked out of locked out of all your 2FA accounts if something happened to authy. With authy you are leaving login access for all your accounts in the complete control of one single company authy.

#Authy desktop windows 7 full#

The sensible option would be to use an application that allows you to choose where you store your backups so that have full control over them and do not loose access to them. If that authy server stops working or gets hacked you loose your 2FA backups, that could potentially result in you being locked out of all of your 2FA accounts. As I stated previously authy does not allow you to control where your 2FA backups are stored, the only option provided in authy is to backup to authy servers which you have no direct access or control over. If you are concerned about being locked out of your 2FA accounts then you most definitely should not be using authy. Other applications do not require any personal information.Īuthy provides no official method to let you export 2FA accounts to an alternative authenticator application, they try to force you into staying using their application even though there are better applications available. If authy stopped working for any reason you may lose login access to all your 2FA websites, apps, etc.Īuthy does not let you control where your 2FA account backups are stored.Īuthy is closed source, so no one can validate if there are vulnerabilities, etc.Īuthy requires you to provide personal information i.e.