Re:CueCat
by chatmasta on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:18AM
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I've had an iPhone for 5 years, an android 3 years before that, and I still have no idea how I'm supposed to scan a QR code. Does any arbitrary QR reader app work for every QR code? Is QR scanning natively supported in any way?
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Re:CueCat
by jamiesonbecker on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:48AM
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> Does any arbitrary QR reader app work for every QR code?
Yes, basically.
> Is QR scanning natively supported in any way?
No idea for every phone, but not native to Android or IOS AFAIK. Probably Google Goggles, but that's not built-in usually. We recommend FreeOTP for MFA at Userify[1] (plug: SSH key management) which has a built-in QR code scanner/reader, but Google Authenticator needs a specific third-party (and permission-greedy) app.
Re:CueCat
by LyndsySimon on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:55AM
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I also use FreeOTP, but be aware that it stores the keys in plaintext.
That was the reason I chose it actually - it gives me a way to encrypt and back up my codes in one fell swoop - but it is definitely a risk to be aware of on a rooted device.
Re:CueCat
by WorldMaker on Monday March 21, 2016 @04:35PM
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It's natively built into Windows 10 (for certain less technical descriptions of "native"), but you'll have to ask Cortana if anyone knows that, much less knows how use that.