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PLejeck on Sept 4, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Warning: Google Authenticator upgrade loses all ac...

Luckily I was still logged into all my accounts (my Dropbox account suddenly dropped from Google's app like a week ago)

Duo seems to be quite nice, I doubt I'll end up using the backup codes.

Incidentally, GitHub has it right - "download a text file of your backup codes" is much easier than "print this page nad hope you don't lose it"; I find find(1) outpaces my frantic drawer-emptying.

cstuder on Sept 4, 2013 [–]

I've just noticed that Google has the download-as-text functionality now too.

bigiain on Sept 4, 2013 | [–]

I wonder how many machines have those backup auth token text files sitting on the Desktop or in the Downloads folder?

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