You want to be able to port it to different devices you can transition to a new device regardless of platform. You share the account with another person, and they need access to the 2FA.ģ. If you install 2FA on your phone for example, why would you need to have it replicated all over the place. I often found the idea of a cloud based 2FA to be problematic. So, security experts: what's better? Stick to email and SMS for 2FA? Use Authy on the phone and the PC, and never mind the Chromebook? Hide under a rock and disconnect from the Internet?Īuthy is a cloud based 2FA.
But what if I lose the phone? Or is that overthinking things? Now, generally, I expect to have my phone with me when I use the laptop (i.e., when travelling). It offers a bunch of other authenticators, but they don't interest me. It also won't install Google's own Authenticator. And the Chromebook will not install the Android version of Authy. Security software and deprecation do not go well together. There's a deprecated extension, but that's not a good idea. Installed Authy on the Windows PC, too, and that was also easy.īut my laptop - a Chromebook - will not install Authy.
(The NYT article quotes security experts as saying that this is not ideal from a security standpoint, but it seemed to them and seems to me that it is a real plus from a usability standpoint.) ation-app/ - partly because it syncs between multiple devices (like your phone and your desktop PC), so if you lose or replace your phone, you can just sync to the new one from the PC. Google Authenticator is native to the Google/Chrome/Android environment - but the only way to back it up is by printing out codes.Īuthy came recommended - see for example.
So I've switched to Bitwarden and changed every password (except for a few for sites/accounts that don't seem to exist anymore).
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