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TranscriptA wafrn woot (post) by @tinker@infosec.exchange saying "Microsoft Authenticator needs me to validate with Authenticator in order to log in with Authenticator to use it to authenticate another app with Authenticator. Here is the app telling me to open itself to validate itself with itself. #infosec #iHateComputers" It has a screenshot showing the microsoft authenticator app.

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for the resources, I’ll be sure to check them out.

Unfortunately I’m still on iOS atm (hoping to switch to Android -> GrapheneOS down the line, when I have the finances), so I’m stuck trying to find something that’ll work between that and my Linux desktop, with GoogleAuth being my primary OTP app.

Cursory Internet search suggests something called 2FAS for mobile so I’ll see if it’s a cross platform option. I actually didn’t know non-corpo authenticators existed until today so it’s an exciting path to explore. /gen /pos

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago

I would highly recommend Ente Auth for 2FA on iOS devices.

It allows for export to a file that you can then import into other apps. You can also use their own sync service.

Personally I use Ente Auth on iOS and Aegis on Android. Both support backups to files (I back up to my own nextcloud) and imports from each other. I could just use Ente Auth on my android devices too, but I just prefer Aegis.