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=== User Privacy === | ===User Privacy=== | ||
The user account is linked to a mobile phone number | The user account is linked to a mobile phone number | ||
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===Data breach (July 2024)=== | ===Data breach (July 2024)=== | ||
On July 1, 2024, it was disclosed by Twilio that unauthorized actors accessed customer data "due to an unauthenticated endpoint", but stressed "Authy accounts are not compromised".<ref>{{Cite web| | On July 1, 2024, it was disclosed by Twilio that unauthorized actors accessed customer data "due to an unauthenticated endpoint", but stressed "Authy accounts are not compromised".<ref>{{Cite web |author=Authy |date=2024-07-01 |title=Security Alert: Update to the Authy Android (v25.1.0) and iOS App (v26.1.0) |url=https://www.twilio.com/en-us/changelog/Security_Alert_Authy_App_Android_iOS |url-status=live |work=Twilio}}</ref> It would be later discovered the hacker group ShinyHunters breached Authy servers and had access to 33 million phone numbers from Authy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.securityweek.com/twilio-confirms-data-breach-after-hackers-leak-33m-authy-user-phone-numbers/|title=Twilio Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Leak 33M Authy User Phone Numbers|date=2024-07-04|first=Eduard|last=Kovacs|work=Security Week}}</ref> | ||
===Removing Desktop App (August 2024)=== | ===Removing Desktop App (August 2024)=== | ||
[[File:Authy Desktop App EOL.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Popup message on March 19, 2024]] | [[File:Authy Desktop App EOL.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Popup message on March 19, 2024]] | ||
On March 19, 2024, Authy would no longer support their desktop app.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.twilio.com/articles/22771146070299-User-guide-End-of-Life-EOL-for-Twilio-Authy-Desktop-app|title=User guide: End of Life (EOL) for Twilio Authy Desktop app Overview|date=2024-01-01|work=Twilio Help}}</ref> Previously, the EOL date was August 19, 2024, however it was moved to March in order to "streamline our focus and provide more value on existing product solutions for which we see increasing demand".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/08/authy-authenticator-apps-for-desktop-are-being-discontinued-in-august-2024/|title=Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in March 2024|first=Ashwin|last=Karthik|date=2024-01-08|work=ghacks.net}}</ref> It was noted by TheVerge that M1 and M2 Macs can download the iOS version of the app, though Windows and Linux computers are left unsupported.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030477/authy-desktop-app-shutting-down| | On March 19, 2024, Authy would no longer support their desktop app.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.twilio.com/articles/22771146070299-User-guide-End-of-Life-EOL-for-Twilio-Authy-Desktop-app|title=User guide: End of Life (EOL) for Twilio Authy Desktop app Overview|date=2024-01-01|work=Twilio Help}}</ref> Previously, the EOL date was August 19, 2024, however it was moved to March in order to "streamline our focus and provide more value on existing product solutions for which we see increasing demand".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghacks.net/2024/01/08/authy-authenticator-apps-for-desktop-are-being-discontinued-in-august-2024/|title=Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in March 2024|first=Ashwin|last=Karthik|date=2024-01-08|work=ghacks.net}}</ref> It was noted by TheVerge that M1 and M2 Macs can download the iOS version of the app, though Windows and Linux computers are left unsupported.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=2024-01-08 |title=Authy is shutting down its desktop app |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030477/authy-desktop-app-shutting-down |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/pwX53 |archive-date=2026-03-09 |work=TheVerge}}</ref> | ||
===Inability to export tokens=== | ===Inability to export tokens=== | ||