Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in August 2024

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Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in August 2024 - gHacks Tech News
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...But I use it daily? I guess I'll just have to keep a legacy version installed but that's just ridiculous.

Edit: The Mac version is fine? The hell they smokin' there?

Are you on Linux? If so then Gnome Authenticator is a possible alternative, also allows importing & exporting your tokens in formats widely used by other apps

I use Linux, Windows, MacOS; I'm everywhere. I've had Aegis as a backup of my tokens in case bullshit like this happened, but it's still an amazingly stupid idea.

So the Android version of Authy will still be going, right?

Keeping your 2fa on a computer seems risky