Backing up (and restoring) tokens

[a k'wala]

How can I backup existing tokens in order to later add them (e.g., on a different device)?


Is there a way to restore the tokens other than manually entering the info? 

--aslamK

Sent from my mobile device.

[Nathaniel McCallum]

On Tue, 2014-08-19 at 12:55 -0400, a k'wala wrote:
>  How can I backup existing tokens in order to later add them (e.g.,
> on
>  a different device)? 
>  
>  Is there a way to restore the tokens other than manually entering the
>  info?  
On iOS, this is handled transparently by iTunes.

On Android, you can use the adb command on your computer.

Connect your phone and run:
# adb backup -f freeotp.bak org.fedorahosted.freeotp

That will store the FreeOTP data to the file freeotp.bak. To restore
this data, just run:
# adb restore freeotp.bak

Note, that during this process, Android will ask you if you wish to
encrypt your backup. Doing this is *highly* recommended. Otherwise, an
attacker could read your token data in plain text.

Nathaniel