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Topic: Lost OTP's through Google Authenticator app (Read 1414 times)

hero member
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January 23, 2014, 10:46:39 AM
#14
Ah ok, moving accounts over is not a problem. You just go in and rescan them again from authy. OK for me because I only have a few 2fa accounts at present.

Feel alot safer now using 2fa with the backup thing in place. thanks bitpop

Cool, I did it the hard way lol

Nah, you just enjoy playing with sql Smiley
legendary
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Ah ok, moving accounts over is not a problem. You just go in and rescan them again from authy. OK for me because I only have a few 2fa accounts at present.

Feel alot safer now using 2fa with the backup thing in place. thanks bitpop

Cool, I did it the hard way lol
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 500
Ah ok, moving accounts over is not a problem. You just go in and rescan them again from authy. OK for me because I only have a few 2fa accounts at present.

Feel alot safer now using 2fa with the backup thing in place. thanks bitpop
hero member
Activity: 518
Merit: 500
Why'd you leave authy?

I've never heard of that. Is it better than Google Authenticator?

A bit, it backups the keys. Google doesn't let you or even tell you they'll disappear. To switch I had to go into the Google sqlite db

Yeah, just downloaded it. Like the backup feature, and the fact you can bluetooth tokens instead of having to type them, lol

How to switch current accounts over to authy though? Is that the "go into the Google sqlite db" part, sounds "ouchy" Smiley
legendary
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Thanks for the reminder, I am using the authenticator a lot, will do backups immediately!
legendary
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January 23, 2014, 01:03:24 AM
#9
Why'd you leave authy?

I've never heard of that. Is it better than Google Authenticator?

A bit, it backups the keys. Google doesn't let you or even tell you they'll disappear. To switch I had to go into the Google sqlite db
hero member
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January 23, 2014, 12:58:20 AM
#8
Why'd you leave authy?

I've never heard of that. Is it better than Google Authenticator?
legendary
Activity: 2912
Merit: 1060
January 23, 2014, 12:54:19 AM
#7
Why'd you leave authy?
hero member
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January 22, 2014, 12:27:29 AM
#6
Written my secret keys down and backed them up. Certainly easier than going through this:

http://cadince.com/trying-to-extract-google-authenticator-keys-from-ios-backups/
hero member
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January 22, 2014, 12:09:37 AM
#5
Copy the secret keys down when they are first shown to you, or login immediately on all sites and get or request the keys from them.

Thanks dude.  Yeah I remember writing the secret key down for Bitstamp, rings a bell now, will do for the other couple of sites immediately.
legendary
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RIP Mommy
January 21, 2014, 11:39:44 PM
#4
Copy the secret keys down when they are first shown to you, or login immediately on all sites and get or request the keys from them.
hero member
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January 21, 2014, 11:21:31 PM
#3
Hi I recently updated my phone and had all of my apps erased therefore erasing my google authenticator app which contained my various bitcoin wallet OTP's. I reinstalled the app thinking it would reverify my phone no problem and bring back up my OTP's but now it's just blank. When I used to use the Authy app it was able to do this no problem. Is there any thing I can do?? This is scaring me to death!

You are scaring me to death. I have google authenticator on my iPhone. So if I lose my iphone or have to reinstall GA, I can't access the sites anymore???

How do you about backing them up to somewhere else?
legendary
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RIP Mommy
January 21, 2014, 08:27:57 PM
#2
Good websites will tell you to save your OTP keys somewhere safe... you'll probably have to go through extra reverification on each site.
newbie
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January 21, 2014, 06:25:09 PM
#1
Hi I recently updated my phone and had all of my apps erased therefore erasing my google authenticator app which contained my various bitcoin wallet OTP's. I reinstalled the app thinking it would reverify my phone no problem and bring back up my OTP's but now it's just blank. When I used to use the Authy app it was able to do this no problem. Is there any thing I can do?? This is scaring me to death!
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