![]() Security and privacy-related observations Microsoft Authenticator also has the encrypted backup/sync option. They can later be seamlessly synced to a new device once the Google Authenticator app is installed on it and connected to the users’ Google account.Ī similar or same feature is already available in other popular authentication apps.įor example, Authy encrypts and stores users’ 2FA codes in the cloud, and Raivo OTP allows users to export their one-time passwords to encrypted ZIP archives and to sync them (encrypted) with their Apple iCloud. They will then be prompted to sign in to their Google account so their Authenticator can automatically back up the codes to it. Users of the app must first update it to v6.0 on Android and 4.0 on iOS. How to back up your Google Authenticator codes This change means users are better protected from lockout and that services can rely on users retaining access, increasing both convenience and security,” Brand added. “With this update we’re rolling out a solution to this problem, making one time codes more durable by storing them safely in users’ Google Account. ![]() “Since one time codes in Authenticator were only stored on a single device, a loss of that device meant that users lost their ability to sign in to any service on which they’d set up 2FA using Authenticator,” said Christiaan Brand, Group Product Manager at Google. Google has updated Google Authenticator, its mobile authenticator app for delivering time-based one-time authentication codes, and now allows users to sync (effectively: back up) their codes to their Google account.īefore this update, losing one’s mobile device with Google Authenticator on it created many problems for end users and enterprise IT departments.
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