Comments on: Stop Using Google Authenticator 2FA app in 2025 (3 alternatives) https://www.allthingssecured.com/reviews/security/stop-using-google-authenticator/ Online Security Made Simple Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:30:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Josh Summers https://www.allthingssecured.com/reviews/security/stop-using-google-authenticator/#comment-3703 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:43:15 +0000 https://www.allthingssecured.com/?p=3602#comment-3703 In reply to Aiah-Z.

I’m curious – which sites require Google? As far as I know, anywhere that you can use Google Authenticator, you can also use Authy. They run on the same setup, so I’ve never heard of a site having the ability to mandate use of the Google app over another.

]]> By: Aiah-Z https://www.allthingssecured.com/reviews/security/stop-using-google-authenticator/#comment-3702 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:04:45 +0000 https://www.allthingssecured.com/?p=3602#comment-3702 Thanks for this article. I’ve been trying to use FIDO & FIdo2 more and more often, but a lot of the sites i use still don’t offer these services. So I’m using authy & Google Authenticator for most of my sites. Too many sites are so behind the times that they consider offering only google authenticator as a 2FA as “cutting-edge.” The latest security just isn’t in their immediate business interests.

I wish I could use authy for all the sites that offer 2FA, but lots of sites require you to use google. I also agree with you that having to run downstairs to get my phone, unlock it with pin, fish out the right authenticator app, navigate to the right site for credentials, memorize the 6-digit code before it’s timed out, run back upstairs, and for google auth move the cursor inside their tiny box (why not automatic like authy??)–all this is a massive inconvenience. can’t wait til security keys’ use is nearly universal.

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