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I'm curious why I'd use this over authy?

Authy requires a phone number, which you may or may not want to give out, but it also lets that phone number restore backups, so it’s vulnerable to SIM swaps.

Also it’s ugly and super high latency to navigate, but that’s just my opinion.

"but it also lets that phone number restore backups" - is this true? I use Authy and can use a phone number to connect a new device to my account, but to restore access to credentials on the new device I need to enter a passphrase. I don't think there's a way to restore credentials with just a phone number, but will need to check.

Edit: the following article appears to confirm my beliefs: https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036580453-Rec...

Without the backup password, you won't be able to restore a backup.

You can disable the multi-device capability of Authy to lock it to a specific set of devices e.g. primary and a backup burner if that's your thing.

Yep, I can add that backups in Obsidian are automatically managed and stored on the iCloud Keychain, hence accessible just by using the app on any device

Just yesterday I thought it’d be great if Authy used iCloud instead of their own backend for storage. Thank you for building this.

Can I import my OTPs from Authy?

I haven't been using Authy for years, last time I checked there was no easy way to export data from it (they want to keep you tieeeed!), but hopefully things have changed.

You would only need to edit/export the "secret" and copy/paste it to Obsidian, in case they allow it.

Anecdotal, but, Authy has been very buggy for me lately. Locking up (100% CPU) on my computer and sync across devices sometimes not working.

No specific reason to assume Obsidian is better, but, its annoying enough that it turned Authy from something that seamlessly "just works" into something which I feel like i'm fighting with.

For syncing across multiple devices and being potentially available on the web portal or from the browser extension check out Saas Pass if that’s what you might be interested in.

Disclaimer: worked on it

Agreed. It's been buggy enough that I've been looking for an alternative to migrate things to. Perhaps I'll try Obsidian!

Let me know if you need any help :)

In the app settings you can also find the email to contact me directly!

Cheers

I'm not saying Obsidian "just works", but it does ahah.

I'm kidding, anyway you can give it a try to see if it satisfies your needs

Obsidian works on top of iCloud Keychain, so your data are not stored in some external server (except iCloud) as Authy does.

The sync with iCloud works seamlessly and Obsidian features themes (also Dark) :)

You can give Obsidian a try if you feel like!

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