installing Aegis on owners profile but needing passcode on another profile

GrapheneOSgraham

Hi, I have Aegis installed on my owner profile but need the passcode from it in my Google profile.
How can I do this? Do I have to install it twice?
Thanks

BeansOnToast

GrapheneOSgraham I had this problem initially but I have this setup now. This is just my workaround as I don't want my 2FA app sharing profile space with untrusted apps or sites.

Only use the Owner profile for admin tasks, like app installs and updates only.

Have a "Daily" profile for trustworthy essential apps. Install Aegis on this and copy your backup .json from Owner to this profile via the Inter Profile Sharing app.

Set this profile to "Allow running in background" so the session doesn't end when switching to your Google profile.

Then, when the Google profile prompts for 2FA, switch to the Daily profile and memorise the code. You should have 30-60 seconds to switch back to Google profile and enter the code.

Of course, if this is too tedious then just install Aegis on the Google profile. But it's just what I do when I want to dump invasive apps into a profile with as much sandboxing as possible.

Edit: Another thought is installing Aegis in the "private space" inside the Google profile. This means you can essentially make a sandbox inside the Google profile so switching isn't needed.

android-privacy

Hi GrapheneOSgraham,

My suggestion would be to install it on the Google profile as well, which you can do with the Install available apps feature. You can then make an export of your tokens within Aegis on the Owner profile and then import them to Aegis in the Google profile. This works because the tokens can be active in multiple authenticator apps, at the same time. The only thing you need to figure out is how to get the exported file to the Google profile. There are a lot of ways to do it, but I personally use the Session app and the Note to Self feature to send myself files and hyperlinks. But you can also use something like an e-mail or cloud storage app.

Hope this helps.