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by martin-adams 1106 days ago
I replaced my iPhone in-store and they transferred all my data. All my data except my Google Authenticator codes.

I lost access to at least one account as a result and had to submit identity documents to recover the account.

I now make sure I have backup codes stored somewhere.

Interestingly, in the past couple of weeks, Google Authenticator can now back up to your Google account.

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Authy is a nice alternative to google's Authenticator

Was bought by Twilio, but still rocking.

I love the plugin for raycast.app for it

You set a master password and can login back with your phone number/master password in any device

Much easier to not fuck up 2FA with it when changing phones

FreeOTP is another alternative - passphrase-encrypted backups can be saved to local or cloud storage and imported to FreeOTP running on another device.