Google Authenticator changes how you copy 2FA codes
Google Authenticator changes how you copy 2FA codes
Google Authenticator 7.0 brings a Material You redesign and new features, while changing how you copy 2-factor authentication (2FA) codes.
Google Authenticator 7.0 brings a Material You redesign and new features, while changing how you copy 2-factor authentication (2FA) codes.
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Previously, you long-pressed on those six digits in the account list to copy to your clipboard.
With last week’s Google Authenticator update, a simple tap is how you copy those codes. (That being said, we’ve noticed that a long-press sometimes still works in version 7.0, but it’s inconsistent and the single tap is clearly the intended behavior.) A single touch is definitely simpler, but users have to adjust to this.
Google Auth and Authy lock you in, consider migrating to Aegis or Ente Auth.
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Aegis is excellent
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It's too bad Ente doesn't have any browser extensions, because it sounds pretty awesome otherwise.
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Don't most password managers also have TFA builtin?
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Yes but from a security perspective, that's like putting your house keys with your photo ID that has your address.
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How? Codes can easily be exported from Google Authenticator (never tried Authy).
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when i had to do it, they could only be exported to another google auth via QR code. I was forced to recreate the codes on every service.
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Someone made a parser for the Google QR codes and now some apps can import them directly. I switched to aegis this weekend and it worked perfectly.
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If you need a third party app to extract the private key, then it isn't actually open. It's just the step before Google encrypts the output.
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