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October 18, 2019, 08:20:46 AM |
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If I'm not mistaken the Google Auth app is nice in the way it doesn't store your data on servers, right?
So if you are rooted and able to back up the APK + data with Titanium Backup it is doing a fairly good job. It is what I have been doing anyway. Obviously Aegis offers more functionalities, so if this app is going to stick around, there is a pretty high chance I am going to switch over.
Yep! Hence The Google auth app was widely recommended before when there's not that much good alternatives. As with a rooted phone + Titanium backup, that's what I did in the past too. It's nice to have in-app password encryption though; just a small extra layer of security. If you're going to switch over and you have a rooted phone, switching over is going to be A LOT easier. Aegis has an "import from app" feature if you have a rooted phone. It can grab the backup codes off Google auth. I suggest trying it out.
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October 18, 2019, 08:22:00 AM |
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Wow that's even better. I guess I will do that today then.
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October 18, 2019, 12:14:41 PM |
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Yep! Hence The Google auth app was widely recommended before when there's not that much good alternatives. As with a rooted phone + Titanium backup, that's what I did in the past too. It's nice to have in-app password encryption though; just a small extra layer of security.
If you're going to switch over and you have a rooted phone, switching over is going to be A LOT easier. Aegis has an "import from app" feature if you have a rooted phone. It can grab the backup codes off Google auth. I suggest trying it out.
now it is not that easy to root mobile phone. 3- 6 years ago I rooted every phone I own. now, I do not even bother to do so. I guess I'm getting old, brothers! by the way, installed Authy and made backup of codes, the app seems nice and easy to use.
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October 18, 2019, 12:47:16 PM |
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now it is not that easy to root mobile phone. 3- 6 years ago I rooted every phone I own. now, I do not even bother to do so. I guess I'm getting old, brothers! Yeah. I remember.. It was way simpler with my Samsung Galaxy S3 back in the day. Right now chances are you're going to trip the Nox thing and you wouldn't be able to use some features/apps like Samsung Pay and such. I'm sticking with unrooted for now. Probably for security sake also. by the way, installed Authy and made backup of codes, the app seems nice and easy to use.
Glad it worked out well!
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October 21, 2019, 01:21:42 PM |
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thank you for sharing about Aegis Authenticator, it really helped me move the code from another handphone to my cellphone because my cellphone sometimes got an error, because I used Google Authenticator, instead of demeaning or mocking but I also found it difficult to move it to another cellphone, thanks again friend.
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March 17, 2020, 12:08:00 PM |
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Found this from a similar new thread but I decided to comment here instead, Is this authenticator has a search feature? I have been using google authenticator for a long time I got so many websites with authentication so It will be convenient if it has a search feature to find it directly and lessen time to scroll. Anyways I will install this later thanks for sharing.
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March 17, 2020, 01:04:53 PM |
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Found this from a similar new thread but I decided to comment here instead, Is this authenticator has a search feature? I have been using google authenticator for a long time I got so many websites with authentication so It will be convenient if it has a search feature to find it directly and lessen time to scroll. Anyways I will install this later thanks for sharing.
You meant to say searching the websites you would like to find the authentication code? If that so, they have that feature. Go to Settings > Enable "Search in account names" this will include the account name in the search results you are looking.
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March 17, 2020, 02:10:23 PM |
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Found this from a similar new thread but I decided to comment here instead, Is this authenticator has a search feature? I have been using google authenticator for a long time I got so many websites with authentication so It will be convenient if it has a search feature to find it directly and lessen time to scroll. Anyways I will install this later thanks for sharing.
You meant to say searching the websites you would like to find the authentication code? If that so, they have that feature. Go to Settings > Enable "Search in account names" this will include the account name in the search results you are looking. Yes, that is what I am looking thanks for the reply. Looks like I will migrate now. Google authenticator is very risky if you don't save the backup keys. But I always save mine at a notepad on Desktop but I guess this Aegis Authenticator offers much better options for recovery.
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libert19
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March 19, 2020, 04:33:30 AM |
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Found this from a similar new thread but I decided to comment here instead, Is this authenticator has a search feature? I have been using google authenticator for a long time I got so many websites with authentication so It will be convenient if it has a search feature to find it directly and lessen time to scroll. Anyways I will install this later thanks for sharing.
You meant to say searching the websites you would like to find the authentication code? If that so, they have that feature. Go to Settings > Enable "Search in account names" this will include the account name in the search results you are looking. Google authenticator is very risky if you don't save the backup keys. But I always save mine at a notepad on Desktop.. I don't think saving backup codes in notepad is a good idea lol
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March 19, 2020, 11:44:40 AM |
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I don't think saving backup codes in notepad is a good idea lol
Notepad is a bad tool to store backup codes. As far as I know, notepad does not provide encryption. Important backup codes should be stored on technical devices (but always offline) and simultaneously stored on physical materials, like paper, steel (kind of metal), in vault. Don't store them on cloud.
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March 19, 2020, 12:43:33 PM |
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I usually use Google Authenticator to guard my personal code As you only said the notepad doesn't give much protection. If there's a drag with the PC it's likely to be deleted there's no fear of losing Google Authenticator and nobody are going to be ready to easily enter your ID albeit you recognize your password. Because Google Authenticator has code when logging in That's why Google Authenticator may be a safe place to possess your own personal keys.
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March 19, 2020, 02:57:07 PM |
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Found this from a similar new thread but I decided to comment here instead, Is this authenticator has a search feature? I have been using google authenticator for a long time I got so many websites with authentication so It will be convenient if it has a search feature to find it directly and lessen time to scroll. Anyways I will install this later thanks for sharing.
You meant to say searching the websites you would like to find the authentication code? If that so, they have that feature. Go to Settings > Enable "Search in account names" this will include the account name in the search results you are looking. Google authenticator is very risky if you don't save the backup keys. But I always save mine at a notepad on Desktop.. I don't think saving backup codes in notepad is a good idea lol Notepad + and Zip it with a password, Already made a copy on Flahshdrive and sdcard incase something bad happen to my Desktop. That is what I do, How about a suggestion? Do you have one it might help than just laughing without a good suggestion? How about you where do you save yours?
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March 19, 2020, 03:08:19 PM |
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Found this from a similar new thread but I decided to comment here instead, Is this authenticator has a search feature? I have been using google authenticator for a long time I got so many websites with authentication so It will be convenient if it has a search feature to find it directly and lessen time to scroll. Anyways I will install this later thanks for sharing.
You meant to say searching the websites you would like to find the authentication code? If that so, they have that feature. Go to Settings > Enable "Search in account names" this will include the account name in the search results you are looking. Google authenticator is very risky if you don't save the backup keys. But I always save mine at a notepad on Desktop.. I don't think saving backup codes in notepad is a good idea lol Notepad + and Zip it with a password, Already made a copy on Flahshdrive and sdcard incase something bad happen to my Desktop. That is what I do, How about a suggestion? Do you have one it might help than just laughing without a good suggestion? How about you where do you save yours? Sorry if I come out rude, I use password safe on my android it basically does the same thing as you mentioned, you put your data in it, encrypt with a password and put that backup file wherever you like.
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March 19, 2020, 08:41:29 PM |
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Your Google Authenticator back up codes should ideally be stored offline, written down a piece of paper and stored somewhere secure, much like you would for your bitcoin wallet seed phrase.
Be aware that depending what software you are using to "zip" your file, the password protection may be very weak and easily broken. If you absolutely must store your back up codes on a computer, you should be using proper encryption software to protect them.
Even better than all that would be to not use Google Authenticator at all, and switch to an open source app with encrypted back ups built in, such as Aegis.
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March 22, 2020, 11:47:29 AM |
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Even better than all that would be to not use Google Authenticator at all, and switch to an open source app with encrypted back ups built in, such as Aegis.
I think it's worth mentioning at this point that there there is an open source version of Authenticator at https://github.com/google/google-authenticator, but this by itself doesn't have backup support. Though I have seen browser extensions based off of this that can backup the IDs and secrets. Authenticator also has a Linux PAM module that I've seen deployed at some university facilities in real life. Also, I will emphasize again that each and every authentication app is only as secure as the secret lengths fed into it by websites. No matter if you use Authenticator, Aegis, Authy or something else. Authenticator lets websites use at least 80 bit keys, I'm not sure about the minimum of Aegis though.
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October 17, 2021, 10:02:28 PM |
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Do you still recommend Aegis?
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October 18, 2021, 09:02:01 AM Merited by vapourminer (3) |
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Do you still recommend Aegis?
I switched to it a while ago, and I would absolutely recommend it. It is free, open source, encrypts your information, allows you to edit and re-order your entries, and supports encrypted back ups. It has ongoing development ( https://github.com/beemdevelopment/Aegis), and it doesn't spy on you like some other 2FA apps such as Authy. It is recommended by both https://www.privacytools.io/#2fa and https://prism-break.org/en/categories/android/#authentication. Even if you are utilizing the export encrypted back up feature, make sure that you also write down the shared secret codes for each account you add to Aegis as an offline backup. If you forget to do this at the time of adding the account, Aegis lets you go in to the account later and view the shared secret.
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October 18, 2021, 10:03:58 AM Merited by vapourminer (1) |
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Do you still recommend Aegis?
As @o_e_l_e_o said, Aegis is great 2FA software. But if you're still looking for option, you could check andOTP ( https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP) which is slightly more popular option and have few different feature (such as encrypt with PIN).
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October 18, 2021, 10:15:32 AM |
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Do you still recommend Aegis?
I still use and recommend Aegis, it works wonderfully with Firefox on both Android and PC.
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October 20, 2021, 03:56:10 AM |
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Do you still recommend Aegis?
As @o_e_l_e_o said, Aegis is great 2FA software. But if you're still looking for option, you could check andOTP ( https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP) which is slightly more popular option and have few different feature (such as encrypt with PIN). Well, you set pin instead of words in password field and same function in Aegis
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