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Most services that support it seem to have a standalone 2FA authenticator app (Microsoft Authenticator, Google Authenticator) instead of integrated authentication in their mobile apps (admittedly, these services are far larger than one-app… Continue reading Is it secure to also make the mobile app client the authenticator app?
Most services that support it seem to have a standalone 2FA authenticator app (Microsoft Authenticator, Google Authenticator) instead of integrated authentication in their mobile apps (admittedly, these services are far larger than one-app… Continue reading Is it secure to also make the mobile app client the authenticator app?
I have recently added 2FA for my Google account using an authenticator installed on my mobile phone. After doing this, I have realized that it would be nice to also have the authenticator installed in a backup phone.
However, it was not po… Continue reading Is there any security reason to not allow adding authenticators for a certain account?
I understand that saving a screenshot of the QR code during the OTP setup process is enough to back up a single account, however, is this the same for the QR code generated during the Google Authenticator transferring process? Because, if … Continue reading Backup Google Authenticator transferring QR code
I need to enter a key into Google Authenticator but my camera on my smart phone is fuzzy so it can’t read QR codes !!!
I can read the code using other devices. The code evaluates to something like this: http://itunes-store/google-authentic… Continue reading How can I enter a Google Authenticator Account/Key combination with a URL? [migrated]
I recently turned on the multi-factor authentication on NordVPN and I use Authy for the authenticator. After scanning the QR code on the website, I found that the icon displayed in the Authy app was of "Best Auto Sales, LLC" inst… Continue reading The Wrong Icon for NordVPN on Authy
Applications built for MSAL 1.0 and MSAL 2.0 have a default application URI of MSAL://GUIDHere/AppName
This is in contrast with what other IDP’s are doing.
Can anyone explain the benefits or drawbacks of this format? (sometimes a "fea… Continue reading What is Threat Profile is Microsoft addressing with the MSAL URI format?
I have an iPhone XR with the latest updates.
I use Microsoft Authenticator for some 2 step verification for work related stuff.
Today I enabled the Instagram two factor security option and choose the app authentication.
This prompted me to… Continue reading Two factor verification apps IOS
I implemented a 2FA authentication for a web app with PHP and Google Authenticator. In order to login to my system there are a few steps:
User types in a complex master password in order to access the login page. The request is throttled… Continue reading How safe is my login system (conceptually)?
My understanding is that in TOTPs are like HMAC where code is derived from time.
However, I am struggling to understand the concept of Backup Codes in Google Authenticator, and how are they calculated as they are not time sensitive and c… Continue reading How do backup codes work in TOTP, like Google Authenticator?