Deprecated Authy Desktop Apps have been discontinued (March 2024)

[SeriousHoax]

Updated thread title to reflect the updated EOL dates.

Which app are you using for syncing the 2 databases?

I use Syncthing to sync. It's needed on both devices. I followed this guide to set it up.

What's not in the video is that when you run Syncthing, it always keeps the CMD window open, so I had to use the app syncthingtray on the PC which can auto-start it at startup with no visible window and some other easy to manage benefits.
One more thing, in the video he says UPnP is needed to sync between devices. But that's not necessary. It syncs fine without UPnP.

 

[jetman]

I think I'm going to use a combination of bitwarden (for password storage) and protonpass (for authentication codes on my desktop).
The good thing about protonpass is that it allows 2FA codes to be copied into other Apps- so could easily copy into Authy (which still intend to use on my mobile devices). I think 1password may offer a similar facility.
Protonpass not free, although it serves a purpose for the time being. The trouble with proton is that they change their pricing all the time. At the moment ProtonPass is competitively priced, but I reckon they will ramp that up in the future.

 

[McLovin]

I think I'm going to use a combination of bitwarden (for password storage) and protonpass (for authentication codes on my desktop).
The good thing about protonpass is that it allows 2FA codes to be copied into other Apps- so could easily copy into Authy (which still intend to use on my mobile devices). I think 1password may offer a similar facility.
Protonpass not free, although it serves a purpose for the time being. The trouble with proton is that they change their pricing all the time. At the moment ProtonPass is competitively priced, but I reckon they will ramp that up in the future.

Having passwords spread across 2 applications is double-handling.
ProtonPass offers everything needed.
ProtonPass even now offers passkeys. ProtonPass

 

[jetman]

Having passwords spread across 2 applications is double-handling.
ProtonPass offers everything needed.
ProtonPass even now offers passkeys. ProtonPass

My intention is to keep the passwords on one app and the 2fa codes on another.

In am not comfortable with keeping both passwords and 2fa codes together on the same database.

 

[McLovin]

My intention is to keep the passwords on one app and the 2fa codes on another.

In am not comfortable with keeping both passwords and 2fa codes together on the same database.

Completely understandable, but the reason you have Okta and Authy that are you're 2-Step Authentication codes.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Twilio kills off Authy for desktop, forcibly logs out all users

Twilio has finally killed off its Authy for Desktop application, forcibly logging users out of the desktop application.

In January, Twilio announced that the Authy desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux would reach the end of life on March 19, 2024, and will ultimately be discontinued in August 2024.

While the desktop apps continued to work past March, when opened, they showed an alert warning that the program had reached end of life and that users should switch to the mobile versions immediately.

This ended about thirteen days ago when Twilio forcibly logged all desktop devices out of their Authy accounts and no longer allowed them to log back in with their phone numbers.

Those who have continued to use Authy for Desktop, even after all the warnings, have found that their 2FA accounts are gone unless they had previously synced them with a mobile device.

However, those who synced their desktop apps with the mobile versions have discovered that some of their tokens did not correctly synchronize, making their associate accounts inaccessible.

Twilio kills off Authy for desktop, forcibly logs out all users

Twilio has finally killed off its Authy for Desktop application, forcibly logging users out of the desktop application.

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