You know what: Microsoft became miserably incompetent in IT

Re:You know what: Microsoft became miserably incompetent in IT by esulteric on Thursday July 31, 2025 @02:40AM (#44743007)

Google wiped all my codes from their authenticator app

It really drove home that trusting my identity and online presence to these entities that do not care or even know how to be responsible about it is a very bad idea.

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Re:You know what: Microsoft became miserably incompetent in IT by mkesper on Thursday July 31, 2025 @02:44AM (#44743028)

Always use an open source OTP app for something like that.

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Re:You know what: Microsoft became miserably incompetent in IT by rstuart4133 on Thursday July 31, 2025 @03:50AM (#44743386)

Nowhere near paranoid enough.

Always take the "manual" OTP option, take a backup copy of the code you copy and pasted. I use my password manager

Then, always export the contents of you entire password manager database, encrypt it with the same password you use for you password manager with the pdkf2 rounds set to an absurdly high number and place it in a public place on the internet. Lots of places will host it for free.

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