Works But When You Transfer Phones – Google Authenticator Review

Had to use Google Authenticator for some work logins and I also just opted to use it for one of my Gmail accounts for extra security since I’ve had a couple hack attempts on that account. Works fine. Until you switch iPhones which I do every year to 18 months. You would expect all your information to port over right? The same way Microsoft Authenticator does, right? It doesn’t. You have to manually authenticate it from both phones to do the transfer. Except there is zero mention that you have to do this until you’ve wiped your old phone and sent it back as a trade in. Not sure which one of Google’s Incel coders thought of this but it’s a horrible idea. Theoretically you can end up getting perma-locked out of something mission critical.
Review by Larry Madill on Google Authenticator.