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dontbenebby on June 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Getting 2FA Right in 2019

> If you use an iTunes encrypted backup to a Mac (or PC?) then restoring to a new phone works fine. I’ve restored my TOTP to a new phone this way.

Really? That wasn't my experience when I restored from backups. Had to set them up again despite most everything else carrying over.

hrez on June 20, 2019 | [–]

Google broke that for their Authenticator some time ago. This app https://mattrubin.me/authenticator/ works with encrypted backups.

javagram on June 20, 2019 | [–]

Looked again and it seems like things changed sometime around 2015-2017. Sorry for the misinfo. https://dpron.com/recovering-google-authenticator-keys-from-...

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