Comment by LtdJorge
2 years ago
I use Authy _because_ it provides cloud sync. At the time, Google Authenticator didn't have it, and when I had to change phones it was a real hassle. Imagine if the phone had been stolen, no way to access the account normally to get a new QR, you'd have to "recover" every account.
I have been transferring Google Authenticator from phone to phone for years though? Going back to at least 2016, and that was 8 years ago. In 2020 I copied it from Android to iOS even by doing an export I had no idea was there.
It was a manual process requiring the phone to be working, which doesn't help when you have an accident that damages the phone.
The trick is to always put the Auth codes on two devices. One you use, one you safely put away.
Good for you. Still doesn't answer gp's question. Why do we have to create a central account?
Yes it did. Authy provided cloud sync via phone number authentication. If you didn't want that, you stuck with Google Authenticator.