On: TOTP for 2FA is incredibly easy to implement. So w...

[LinAGKar]

Google Authenticator AFAIK doesn't even let you backup the codes. When your phone is lost or breaks, you have to reset every account by some other way.

[unethical_ban → LinAGKar]

Use Authy, 2faone or any other totp tool than google authenticator. Shame on Google, honestly, for not enabling a backup mechanism for that. If you can’t do it right, don’t do it at all.

[MiguelX413 → unethical_ban]

I use Bitwarden. It's quite enjoyable.

[LinAGKar → unethical_ban]

I use AndOTP. But I imagine most people will use use Google Authenticator and not think about backups until it's too late.

[deathanatos → LinAGKar]

> archived

https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP

(And yep, I found out about Google Authenticator the hard way, trying to transfer from my previous phone!)

[Macha → LinAGKar]

I believe this comes from the same roots as "just buy n yubikeys and register them with every site"

[sneak → LinAGKar]

Google Authenticator is bad software. Use a password manager to store 2FA codes.