Topic: Getting started with Google Authenticator - page 3. (Read 737 times)

There is no reason to worry about google authenticator. But if you are that sort of person who losses or brakes his phone often it can be a bit of a problem for you. Just keep your phone safe and so will the app that protects your funds on it be.

Learn and practice good habits in securing your 2fa or your account rather, and you'll eventually build confidence 'cause you did the best that you could, but ofc I'm not expecting a 10. You may feel overwhelmed, but its gonna be worth it.

You're prolly fine as long as you safely store your backup codes in at least 2 places and have an app which lets you back-up. If you don't like authy as it does online backup, andOTP lets you save in your local storage.

2FA's definitely not perfect, but it does provide you security against a hacker that has your login username and password on a site like an exchange. There's really no way to completely eliminate the possibility of an account you own getting hacked, but 2FA's easy to set up once you get the hang of it and it provides a good deal of security at essentially no cost.

With Authy, you don't have to manually contact the exchange or service you're using if you were to lose the device that you have your 2FA accounts on, as Authy allows you to backup and view your 2FA backup codes, and you can also access your Authy accounts on multiple devices instead of just one. Both Authy and Google Auth are compatible with 2FA; it's your choice in the end, but I keep most of my 2FA accounts on Authy.

Or perhaps don't use 2FA and then one day when you wake up and discover that you account has been compromised then maybe you would reconsider changing your safety scale when using authy or google authentication.

DdmrDdmr has tried all he can to provide you with some guideline and links to them. I suggest you take your time and read them
As a person whose account has even been compromised before, you won't see it coming until one day, you wake up to a terrifying experiencing

If i was to guage my feeling of safety with all this stuff on a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being the least safe

I am about a 3 

Not until you recover your account, by following the procedure: https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003585911-How-to-Reset-Google-2FA.

That’s why I mentioned above that it is better to take a couple of hours to read through this sort of information.

As far as I’m aware, people do not have a hard time recovering their 2FA protected Binance account. HitBTC is another matter, since the amount of verification information that they require at HitBTC normally entails retrieving your TX IDs from/to HitBTC. But that is a different site …

I suggested Authy before, after thinking ahead at the time, and trying to anticipate scenarios where one loses the 2FA device. That is what made me switch to it, although I’m sure one could always argue that they do not want their 2FA codes on an online backup, even if they are encrypted.

2FA should make you feel safer, but you need to consider the safety of the 2FA device itself. Anyhow, read slowly through the 2FA recovery process I linked before. You’ll see what Binance requires and, eventually, worst case scenario on Binance, it comes down to performing a type of KYC again and waiting some hours.

Edit: Also, just to be on the safe side, and seeing your insecurity, I would recommend that you don’t engage in PMs with anyone volunteering to help you, if they do. It’s best to keep it out in public on the forum.

Edit: Both OP's post asking where a given URL was the site to download Authy from, and my reply, quoting the site, have been deleted. Perhaps we should spend less time on the forum trying to help out.

Really confused what to do now.

If I lose my phone my Binance account is not accessible???

I use Google Auth to check my BAT wallet. It's pretty easy to use if you follow the instructions.

Ah ok. Do anybody else prefer Authy before this Google authenticate?

Have you read the 2FA guidelines? (see https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000433432-Google-2FA-Guideline)

If you still have not fully set it up yet, take a look at Authy as opposed to Google Authenticator. I used the latter at first, until I discovered that it lacked inherent backup features, and swithched to Authy because of it.

I am setting upp Google Auth for my Binance account.

How does this thing work?

I put in my email address
It makes a code in blue and flashed red colored.
What next?
Where do I input the code?