Re:Google will add E2E encryption to Authenticator backups
by modeless on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:20PM
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> It's not like syncing Authenticator data is less secure than anything else
This is false. Android backups are end-to-end encrypted with the ability to recover after device loss. Google already solved this problem years ago. Now instead of letting Authenticator use that solution (which it should have been using since the start, and would be the simplest thing in the world to implement) they had to build a whole new custom thing that is worse. But hey, I bet someone got a promotion for shipping a new feature.
This is false. Android backups are end-to-end encrypted with the ability to recover after device loss. Google already solved this problem years ago. Now instead of letting Authenticator use that solution (which it should have been using since the start, and would be the simplest thing in the world to implement) they had to build a whole new custom thing that is worse. But hey, I bet someone got a promotion for shipping a new feature.