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Re:The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption i... by jjeaff on Sunday December 23, 2018 @01:40PM (#18747580)
Google authenticator allows you to transfer all your codes to a new phone and that includes if you lost your old phone. So they must be backing up to your Google account.
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Re:The bleak picture of two-factor authentication adoption i... by bubblethink on Sunday December 23, 2018 @05:09PM (#18748670)
Do you have a source on this ? I don't think google authenticator backs up by design, and that's good.
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