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Google Authenticator 7.0 brings a Material You redesign and new features, while changing how you copy 2-factor authentication (2FA) codes.

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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm still baffled at the logo redesign to what looks like a butthole. Like, you're telling me NO ONE on the design team watched Community?

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago

At least it's an inclusive rainbow butthole, lol

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

TRUST THE SECURE RAINBOW BUTTHOLE

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

It just looks like a colored * to me. /shrug

[-] MP3Martin@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Always looked like a snowflake for me

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Previously, you long-pressed on those six digits in the account list to copy to your clipboard.

With last week’s Google Authenticator update, a simple tap is how you copy those codes. (That being said, we’ve noticed that a long-press sometimes still works in version 7.0, but it’s inconsistent and the single tap is clearly the intended behavior.) A single touch is definitely simpler, but users have to adjust to this.

Google Auth and Authy lock you in, consider migrating to Aegis or Ente Auth.

Aegis is excellent

[-] wccrawford@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's too bad Ente doesn't have any browser extensions, because it sounds pretty awesome otherwise.

[-] evo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

How? Codes can easily be exported from Google Authenticator (never tried Authy).

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

when i had to do it, they could only be exported to another google auth via QR code. I was forced to recreate the codes on every service.

[-] falconeray@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Someone made a parser for the Google QR codes and now some apps can import them directly. I switched to aegis this weekend and it worked perfectly.

[-] Count042@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

If you need a third party app to extract the private key, then it isn't actually open. It's just the step before Google encrypts the output.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Don't most password managers also have TFA builtin?

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Yes but from a security perspective, that's like putting your house keys with your photo ID that has your address.

[-] chevy9294@monero.town 6 points 1 month ago

Somone made a whole article just to say that Google changed long press to tap in an app...

Why?

[-] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

More fluffed crap to flood the internet but of course

[-] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's called clickbait.

[-] bradboimler@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you! I was wondering why long presses were no longer working.

this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2024
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