Comment by obrienmustsuffer on 06/05/2019 at 18:06 UTC

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I prefer Authy because it's easier to recover your account because it stores the data in the cloud.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the cloud, and I especially don't want to store secrets like passwords or 2FA keys there, but YMMV. I prefer the app "Authenticator" on iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/authenticator/id766157276?mt=8

Contrary to Google Authenticator it allows the keys to be backed up by iTunes, so as long as you do regular backups, you'll be fine.

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Comment by bdonvr at 07/05/2019 at 14:22 UTC

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Meh. My password manager and Authy are different companies, Authy password is one of few passwords not in the password manager.

I’ll take the risk of both accounts being compromised at once, seems very unlikely.