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Since the announcement I migrated to 2FAS and it's OK (I don't quite like the mobile UI as much but whatever).

The only thing I miss is cloud storage in a dedicated service, aka not Google Drive or any of the services I already use TOTP for, because otherwise I have a circular dependency issue, connecting to Google requires 2FAS, restoring 2FAS requires connecting to Google. Is there any alternative that provide a more "Authy like" experience?

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I thought I had 5 months to figure out a migration; turns out I have two weeks?? annoying especially because Authy does not offer any export service, the "migration" involves going to every service and switching out my 2FA provider (most of them don't support more than one at a time).

I hadn't heard of 2FAS. It does multiple device sync for you? And is free? But I guess also not available on desktop, only phone, so no benefit to me over Authy except perhaps I don't think they are about to disappear entirely.

You can export from Authy, not exactly easily for non-technical users though: https://gist.github.com/gboudreau/94bb0c11a6209c82418d01a59d...

When the instructions begin with "Install Authy desktop app, version 2.2.3 (the more recent versions won't work)"... ok, good to know!

I didn't find any. and after some thought, I decided I didn't want to be reliant on a 3rd party server again. For me, Google is an important enough account that I have multiple MFA methods like a TOPT, YubiKey, and my Android phone (not SMS).

That seems pretty dangerous considering the Google account locked horror stories that pop up from time to time and the quality of their support.

This is an excellent point. Back the old drawing board!

I ran into the same issue. And also the bus factor for on vacations. If you’re on vacation and your phone gets lost/broken/stolen, good luck getting up and running again without a cloud 2FA service.

I don't understand why you need google drive. Thats just to sync for backups. You can manually import and export if thats a huge concern for you

Well yeah it's "just" sync for backups... Being able to get back online after a "disaster" (phone broken or lost on holidays for example), is pretty high on my list of requirements for a 2FA app...

Well like I said you can just do it manually. export and store where ever you want.

How did you migrate? I didn’t see an automated way :(

Authy doesn't give you a way to export. You have to use this:

https://github.com/token2/authy-migration

Then add each one to whatever service you're migrating to

Yes I used this one

Wow thanks just dropped authy and swapped to 2fas in like 5 minutes lol

Now to get a few legacy ones out of microsoft authenticator somehow lol

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