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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by ignitionmonkey on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:07PM (#25804515)
If you have root access, yes.[1] Otherwise no, sadly. One of the reasons I moved off Authy before it got worse.

There is a workaround using the Authy Desktop app but I have no idea if it works.[2]

[1] https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis/pull/107

[2] https://gist.github.com/gboudreau/94bb0c11a6209c82418d01a59d...

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by gchamonlive on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:53PM (#25804916)
Done, migrated 40 accounts to Aegis.

As I see, it backs up to the internal storage, so I have to use another app to sync the backup to a cloud of my choice

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by ffpip on Saturday January 16, 2021 @03:06PM (#25805025)
> so I have to use another app to sync the backup to a cloud of my choice

You can select Google Drive/Dropbox when backing up the vault.

https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis/issues/258#issuecom...

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by alexbakker on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:09PM (#25805985)
One of the authors here.

Unfortunately, Google Drive and Dropbox only partially participate in Android's Storage Access Framework. In Aegis, exporting only requires the creation of a file, so that works with both. Configuring backups on the other hand requires selecting a folder, but most cloud providers don't support that. A notable exception is Nextcloud.

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by gchamonlive on Saturday January 16, 2021 @08:25PM (#25807190)
How about cloud paas providers like AWS? The user could generate a IAM access key with permissions to manage a specific bucket and configure Aegis with the key. Aegis would use the cloud Api to upload the backup.

If that is of interest, I could help implement that.

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by gchamonlive on Saturday January 16, 2021 @03:46PM (#25805360)
doesn't seem to show for me, only internal space. I have no idea why.

edit: this is not released yet, I think

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by ignitionmonkey on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:59PM (#25804964)
Might have a solution for you here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25804860

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Re:Aegis Authenticator – Open-source 2FA for Android by gchamonlive on Saturday January 16, 2021 @03:50PM (#25805385)
commented on my question with a snipped I wrote based on that extraction method from authy. The code generates a Aegis compatible database instead of printing QR codes
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