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submitted 2 days ago by libewa@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

A rebuttal to an anti-passkey, pro-TOTP post that has made the rounds on Lemmy as well.

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[-] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

But they are annoying. Like it's fine if you only use one device, but I don't fucking know where my phone is, that's why I am on my laptop

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Agreed, but it can be better, with open solutions.

If you use a popular open source OTP solution (like Aegis), you can export your tokens (carefully) as an encrypted file from your phone, and then import them to another popular open OTP solution on the laptop.

Alternately, one can also set up each separate device as a separate authorized token for each service - for many services.

I like the import/export solution, because even for services dumb enough to only allow "one token", I can still have that token on two or more devices.

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2026
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