> On 8 Sep 2024, at 9:28 AM, Ángel via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > On 2024-09-01 at 10:45 +0300, Atro Tossavainen wrote: >>> The flaw for me is that TOTP involves using phone apps I don't know >>> the provenance of, >> >> https://github.com/freeotp >> >> is much lighterweight than Microsoft or Google Authenticator anyway. >> >>> that back up the data in a format I don't know >>> to my "Google Drive", which is the most protected place I'd choose. >> >> I am under the impression that FreeOTP does not back up data. > > It did not for a long time. But last year there was a major upgrade > with Version 2, which includes the ability to Backup and restore the > seeds (protected by a password you set when first installing the App). > > Nonetheless, it's probably simpler/more robust to simply save a copy of > the seeds (on an offline location) at the time you set up 2FA.
Personally I went with Twilo Authy … it’s really good at backing up between devices and to its own cloud… you just have to remember the master key. Unfortunately they removed desktop app support this year.. but if you have it already it still works. Michelle _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
