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Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen (appleinsider.com)

submitted 4 months ago by SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I agree it's much worse than using a modern OTP app, but I need a way to access my OTP database when the only form of digital identity I have access to is my phone number.

Authy currently supports this scenario for me (with a load of checks, it doesn't happen instantly), so I would require a like for like replacement

[–] EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Bitwarden has a 2FA recovery code possible so you could use a unlabeled hard copy of the code. It cycles after every use so it would get you one recovery and doesn't use SMS so it's immune to SMS shenanigans.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

That's potentially a solution then, as I guess in order to buy a new phone I would need to have not lost my wallet too at least, so I guess I could keep those items together for equivalent recovery possibility

Okay that may be a goer, I'll look a bit more into it, thanks!