One scam app even captures your QR codes. You don’t have to look very hard for it: The developer took out an App Store ad, which means it is prominently shown when you search for authenticator apps.

Released on Monday for iOS and Android, the latest version of Google Authenticator lets you back up and sync your one-time 2FA codes to your Google account via the cloud.

With SMS an unsecure method of authentication, Google is eyeing a more robust solution with QR codes.

Google Authenticator now syncs one-time codes with your account, so you're not stuck if you lose your device.

So I’m finally considering moving myself into last decade and beginning to use an authenticator app. My current frontrunner 2FAS offers syncing among iOS/iPadOS devices via iCloud. A few 2FAS ...

2FAS is a simple but fully functional app that does everything you want in an authenticator. It lets you add online accounts either manually or with a QR code.

If you switch to a new phone and worry about transferring Google Authenticator to a new phone, no stress, it's pretty simple. In this article, we'll explain how to move Google Authenticator to a new ...

Google isn’t the only firm offering 2FA sign-in codes to provide backups. Since 2019, Microsoft has allowed people to use a “backup and restore” tool for its Microsoft Authenticator app.

An update to Google Authenticator this week finally enabled backups for your two-factor authentication codes. But the feature comes with a security risk.

Google has updated its Authenticator smartphone app for Android and iOS with support for backing up two-factor authentication (2FA) codes to the cloud.

2FAS is a simple but fully functional app that does everything you want in an authenticator. It lets you add online accounts either manually or with a QR code. It can create cloud backups of your ...