Authy Desktop client will be discontinued from August 2024 (beehaw.org)

submitted 10 months ago by jherazob@beehaw.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Twillio just announced they're discontinuing the Desktop version of their popular Two Factor Authentication client. Their proposed solution is for users to move to the mobile app, which of course doesn't fulfill the use case of people who explicitly chose Authy because it had a desktop client.

If you use Authy and depend on the Desktop client you will have to consider migrating to something else.

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[-] hottari@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

I didn't know Authy was a Twilio product. Anyway am glad I made the move to Aegis years back.

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Never heard of Twilio... searched it up and still haven't got a clue. What do they do?

[-] hottari@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago

If my memory serves me right, they do a bunch of application integrations for SMS and Phone calls.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Glad I already migrated to using KeepassXC on the desktop for TOTP codes, partially out of frustration trying to use the Authy Linux desktop client.

And hey, now I own my data!

[-] potemkinhr@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I'm (still) using the regular Keepass but that is indeed a nice feature, might consider switching to it for TOTP. Thank you!

[-] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

If by "regular" you mean Keepass 2.0, then there is a plugin for TOTP.

[-] syd@lemy.lol 12 points 10 months ago

Thankfully I’ve already switched to Bitwarden from them.

[-] GadgeteerZA@fedia.io 5 points 10 months ago

@jherazob@beehaw.org good thing I've already started moving my 2FA from Authy to Bitwarden (and Bitwarden has passkeys built-in).

[-] newcool1230@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Are there a list of alternative desktop 2fa apps?

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use the flatpak Authenticator on my box. I was able to import my andOTP profile relatively easily through the json file.

[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

Raivo FTW

[-] lemmyuser30@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Sold to Mobime months ago. The enshittification will happen eventually.

[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 4 points 10 months ago

Bitwarden here I come lol I’m a bit worried about having both passwords and totp in one app tho

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