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Aegis vs Authy (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by Kelho@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Hey y'all!

I've been using Authy for some time now (switched from Google Authenticator) but an increasing amount of people is suggesting Aegis over Authy in some posts here at Lemmy and that got me curious.

Was wondering what would be the main selling points for one to use Aegis instead of Authy, can somebody help out?

Thanks in advance!

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[-] hottari@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Aegis gives you full control over your 2FA codes.

I remember thinking Authy was safe since it saves your 2FA codes to their cloud but learnt the hard way that if you lose your Authy-attached device/app, you'll have to wait a day or 2 (I think it was 48 hours IIRC) to get back your codes. Would be even worse if Authy decided that I was no longer the owner of my keys. As soon as I got my codes back I switched up to Aegis and never looked back.

this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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