SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAuthy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolenappleinsider.comSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareaard@kyu.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAnd as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)
And as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.
It’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)