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Authy is absolutely not acceptable for privacy applications like VPNs. Authy stores user information on third-party servers, when there are plenty of 2FA apps that work locally on the user's device.

The fact that Authy refused to delete user accounts (before they were acquired by Twilio), even when they promised to do so in their terms of service, is also very concerning:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9103606

https://web.archive.org/web/20141011062757/authy.com/terms

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