Hype Will Turn Your Security Key into Junk

Re:Hype Will Turn Your Security Key into Junk by etothepii on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:18PM (#36715365)

I struggle with this on a lot of 2FA. I change my phone every 1 or 2 years when I get an upgrade and the 6 months after I end up having to keep my old phone around to handle the 2FA apps that can't be ported over, it is incredibly annoying.

For me allowing a weak 2FA that moves you from the pool of people that can be trawled to the people that need to be specifically targeted is a huge improvement, but my fear of losing access to critical systems because I lose my phone fills me with dread.

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Re:Hype Will Turn Your Security Key into Junk by saint_yossarian on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:37PM (#36715641)

I use Aegis Authenticator on Android which does encrypted cloud backups, so changing phones isn't much of a problem.

I also only keep critical accounts there, the rest goes into Bitwarden. I realize this isn't as secure, but with those accounts I wouldn't even bother with 2FA otherwise.

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Re:Hype Will Turn Your Security Key into Junk by stephenr on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:36PM (#36715632)

Your 2FA app of choice doesn’t support export/import?

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Re:Hype Will Turn Your Security Key into Junk by macintux on Thursday July 13, 2023 @07:05PM (#36717303)

I was forced to create my first ever Microsoft account to be able to back up my Microsoft Authenticator app. I struck a small blow in return by using a very rude email address for it.

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Re:Hype Will Turn Your Security Key into Junk by jack1243star on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:26PM (#36718733)

Wait until your account is flagged and disabled for violating some TOS that says to "be nice" or "be civil".

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