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Board Beginners & Help
Merits 4 from 2 users
Re: Authy and Google Authenticator Setup
by
o_e_l_e_o
on 12/02/2022, 11:33:45 UTC
⭐ Merited by bitmover (3) ,ETFbitcoin (1)
If you worry so much about security concern since Authy have account/cloud feature
There is no good reason to ever use Authy. They have the ability to lock your out of your Authy account, thereby locking you out of every account which you use 2FA for, which is a massive red flag. And the only way to unlock your account in such a scenario? Complete KYC with them. Roll Eyes Oh, and they track your activity and share that info with third parties.

It's like someone said "Instead of keeping the keys to your house yourself, give them to me and I totally promise I'll let you use them when you need to. But I'll also let a bunch of other people know whenever you use them." It's a massive privacy and security risk. There is no good reason to use Authy when there are a multitude of open source apps which allow you to store your 2FA codes locally.

why don't you use different software such as Aegis[1] and andOTP[2] which only store the data on your device?
Both are Android only, while OP uses iPhone/iOS. This is why I suggested he uses Tofu, which is the best open source 2FA app for iOS: https://www.tofuauth.com/