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Authy/Google 2FA - A privacy nightmare?
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<blockquote data-quote="Predrag Radjenovic" data-source="post: 719257" data-attributes="member: 51874"><p>Hey guys,</p><p></p><p>As I was reading around about password management apps, and was deciding which one to use, I started digging a bit deeper.. </p><p>After being interested in Dashlane, LastPass, etc. I found out about Bitwarden here on MT. A great concept, OpenSource, nice features... I bought premium, more to donate for keeping up with OpenSource/free concept than for features, but nvm. </p><p>Anyway, I wanted to secure it with 2FA, so I started looking around - everybody recommends Authy on the basis of being "better" than the others - when I say everybody, I mean people who reviewed the app(s), or used/using it, etc. One of the arguments caught my eye - better than Google's "spy" 2FA.</p><p>Ok, we all know what Google is all about, no point arguing there. As for Authy, they are more open about what are they want from you - straight from their Privacy policy <a href="https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy/authy" target="_blank">here (the SHORT version)</a>:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All this under pretense of providing a better service and in case I need to recover my account?</p><p></p><p>So, what do you guys think, how could one retain at least a semblance of privacy on the internet? And don't you dare mention TOR<a href="https://surveillancevalley.com/blog/fact-checking-the-tor-projects-government-ties" target="_blank"> after this</a>! There's more about it, just use the search...</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Predrag</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Predrag Radjenovic, post: 719257, member: 51874"] Hey guys, As I was reading around about password management apps, and was deciding which one to use, I started digging a bit deeper.. After being interested in Dashlane, LastPass, etc. I found out about Bitwarden here on MT. A great concept, OpenSource, nice features... I bought premium, more to donate for keeping up with OpenSource/free concept than for features, but nvm. Anyway, I wanted to secure it with 2FA, so I started looking around - everybody recommends Authy on the basis of being "better" than the others - when I say everybody, I mean people who reviewed the app(s), or used/using it, etc. One of the arguments caught my eye - better than Google's "spy" 2FA. Ok, we all know what Google is all about, no point arguing there. As for Authy, they are more open about what are they want from you - straight from their Privacy policy [URL='https://www.twilio.com/legal/privacy/authy']here (the SHORT version)[/URL]: All this under pretense of providing a better service and in case I need to recover my account? So, what do you guys think, how could one retain at least a semblance of privacy on the internet? And don't you dare mention TOR[URL='https://surveillancevalley.com/blog/fact-checking-the-tor-projects-government-ties'] after this[/URL]! There's more about it, just use the search... Thanks, Predrag [/QUOTE]
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