Hello! I’m in the process of slowly de-googling my life and taking my privacy more seriously.

I currently use Google Authenticator for 2fa at the moment.

I am currently dreading swapping those to Aegis, which requires a password every time I want to use it (that’s very inconvenient, to be honest) while with Google’s I can just open the app and get the necessary code right away; no password required.

Should I just stop being lazy, suck it up, and make the switch? I know I’m being a bit of a baby.

Edit: Okay, apparently I can use my fingerprint scanner instead, which is a LOT better, so I’ll stop being a lazy shit and do the swap tomorrow. Cheers!

Final Edit: I made the switch to Aegis. Already made a backup, and I have Biometrics setup. Ty everyone!

  • reflex
    8•1 year ago

    Btw OP, you can export from Google Auth. and it will give you a big QR code that you can just snap with Aegis, in case you didn’t know already.

    No need to transfer one-by-one.

    You just need to get the code off your phone first.

      • reflex
        5•1 year ago

        Err… how do I get it off my phone tho?

        There are several ways! First, take a screenshot (power + vol. ~~up~~ down is the shortcut for me, not sure if this is an Android default).

        Then email it to yourself, or plug in your phone with UTP to a computer and move it out of the picture folder, or print from your phone to a wifi-enabled printer, or use something like Google Keep and sync it to your computer, etc.

        • @Terevos@lemm.ee
          6•1 year ago

          Not sure if you’re joking but thankfully you can’t take a screenshot of Google Auth.

          And emailing it would completely defeat the purpose of 2FA

        • Cryptic FawnOP
          2•1 year ago

          Oh goodness, why didn’t I think of emailing it to myself. 🤣 Thank you for the tip, I’ll do that in the morning after I wake up.

      • AdventureSpoon
        3•1 year ago

        The mental image of me looking at a qr code on my phone screen, and only then wondering how I would catch that on the phone’s camera did make me laugh.

      • Katiria24
        1•1 year ago

        What I did was take a screenshot and then scan the photo via Aegis

    • @xeronine@lemmy.bizEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose though? I would regenerate each OTP “string”, for lack of a better way to say it, rather than bringing them over as Google already has that data.