this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2024
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can you provide more info how it’s easy to accidentally wipe? I’ve only done a transfer once, but it was by installing authenticator on the new phone and logging in, then deleting the other one on the old phone after testing that the codes work.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You have to begin the recovery on the new device before logging in. If you log in normally and enable cloud backup on the new device, it will simply overwrite the existing backup with a new empty one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

That design is awful