fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAuthy is shutting down its desktop app - The Vergewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down18
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkAuthy is shutting down its desktop app - The Vergewww.theverge.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·10 months ago 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.
minus-squaredaddybutter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoSo how do I go about switching away from Authy? Go to every site I have 2FA enabled and remove/readd with the new app?
minus-squaredaddybutter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoBlerggghgfghhh >:[ Thanks
minus-squarePastaGorgonzola@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoYou 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.
That’s what makes Aegis better IMO. People use it because they like it, not because they’re locked in.
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?
Basically, yeah.
Blerggghgfghhh >:[
Thanks
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.