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minus-squareaardAlinkEnglish3•3 days agoAnd as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.
minus-square@Scrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoIt’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)
minus-squareTodd BonzalezlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoProtip: Don’t do any of this, unless you hate your accounts being secure. An encrypted backup, and a stash of recovery codes for important accounts is the most secure way.
And as soon as I learned about that I stopped using it. Turns out it was the right choice - since then more then one company had breaches where authenticator seeds extracted from a google account were used to bypass 2fa.
It’s completely optional to connect a Google account. You can always back them up using the QR code (just take a picture with another device)
Protip: Don’t do any of this, unless you hate your accounts being secure.
An encrypted backup, and a stash of recovery codes for important accounts is the most secure way.