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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by xrd on Friday July 05, 2024 @01:49PM (#40884644)
I'm worried that if my device fails I won't be able to recover all the sites I've registered on my phone. Does anyone know if this can enable backup quickly to another device in a secure way?
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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by SparkyMcUnicorn on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:26PM (#40884923)
1Password, Bitwarden, and Vaultwarden support 2fa and let you view/export the secrets.
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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by memset on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:10PM (#40884820)
I think it has its own backup service. But it otherwise lets you export/import your data. I feel like as long as I can do an export in some way then that’s good enough for me.
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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by andrei-akopian on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:02PM (#40884759)
You don't need regular backups, just every time you add a new service.

Ente has free backups and it's own encrypted export format, which sounds promissing.

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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by DavideNL on Friday July 05, 2024 @01:57PM (#40884716)
Yea, i was hoping for iCloud / Apple Watch support..but unfortunately:

https://github.com/ente-io/ente/issues/182

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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by evulhotdog on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:05PM (#40884786)
So basically there’s no reason to use this over something with a bit more trust, like Bitwarden’s 2FA app.
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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by DavideNL on Saturday July 06, 2024 @09:08AM (#40890238)
Well, a downside of Bitwarden (and 1Password) might be that it's hosted on their own servers. So, no separation between the App Developer/software, and the location where your data is stored.
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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by holigot on Monday July 08, 2024 @01:39PM (#40907465)
Which service does have separation?
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Re:Ente Auth: open-source Authy alternative for 2FA by DavideNL on Monday July 08, 2024 @02:03PM (#40907685)
https://keepassxc.org/
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