URur-whale·Sep 18, 2026
> when you can't use random 2FA "Apps".
You don't need a phone to do 2FA :
https://github.com/pcarrier/gauth
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Google Authenticator in your terminal
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8 sourcesI use https://github.com/pcarrier/gauth
It relies on file permissions so is not exactly robustly secure (no idea about RAM vulnerabilities etc).
As per the author, I consider my laptop the fundamental point of vulnerability. If someone else gets access to it, I'll know and I'll hit the metaphorical panic button :)
Edit: I recently set up a new laptop, and copied my OTP seeds from Aegis into gauth without a hitch. Another step closer to me moving away from Authy.
In TOTP tokens on my wrist with the smartest dumb watchUse terminal!
• Get: https://github.com/pcarrier/gauth
• Edit: gauth.csv (1 line per account)
• Do: watch gauth (1 line per account)
• Profit!
In Ask HN: Does anyone else think this 2FA everywhere is getting out of hand?11
I manage them with this:
https://github.com/pcarrier/gauth
In Ask HN: How many 2FA tokens do you have?I was able to take a screenshot of GAuth backups on iPhone using the button hotkeys(IE: Power+Volume up). I setup a container that runs a go version of GAuth and used a python script to decrypt the (decrypted QR code) backup keys. Then I backed up the encrypted keyfile to offline disk, encrypted the container backup and deleted it from the hypervisor.
https://github.com/pcarrier/gauth
https://github.com/scito/extract_otp_secret_keys
In Ask HN: Why is today's Internet experience so user hostile?> A future without passwords
No, thank you, especially if Google is going to be the gatekeeper.
https://github.com/pcarrier/gauth FTW
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