| ▲ | grahamburger 4 hours ago | |||||||
Definitely a good idea to plan on this at all times. In my case this looks like: * All photos auto upload to Google photos * All other important files are in a syncthing folder with at least two other devices (laptop+desktop) * 2fa in Authy with cloud-sync * Passwords on Firefox sync * Google Fi is my carrier, and pulls eSIM when I log in to the app even without my old phone * Google voice number is my main phone number. I don't lose access to incoming or outgoing sms or voice calls if I lose my phone. In a pinch, I can buy a cheap prepaid phone and sim while traveling and be fully functional and reachable. I've had to do this before, and while I probably wouldn't go to the trouble for work, I feel compelled to be at least reachable for family. I've thought about de-googling this further; photos could go straight into syncthing and I could port my # to a generic SIP provider that offers SMS. So far neither have seemed quite worth the trouble. I've always felt very uncomfortable treating my phone as anything other than a rather overpowered thin-client. | ||||||||
| ▲ | SoftTalker 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
One flaw in that is that Google Voice or other VOIP provider numbers are often rejected for 2FA or account validation. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | mattwad 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
I recommend you get off Authy - they don't have a browser extension or a desktop client, and surprise they don't have a way to export your codes either. I had to send them a GDPR data request, and then Claude decrypted the csv file they sent. I now use Ente and it's so nice having 2fa inside a browser extension. I can also export the secrets at will. | ||||||||