Authy: Faster Two-Factor Authentication

Re:Authy: Faster Two-Factor Authentication by Shank on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @11:08AM (#6134241)

I love the concept of this, but I'm out of the use case for the time being (Windows / Linux user). The other key annoyance is that none of my desktop computers have bluetooth, because I built them for gaming, not wireless peripherals.

That being said, you probably already thought about using a centralized server or other methods of communication. Either it'll kill battery, or require some intermediary server - which would probably need two-factor authentication to authenticate.

Though, overall, I love this idea a lot more than backing up my Google Authenticator app with Titanium Backup and restoring it each time I change phones/ROMs.

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Re:Authy: Faster Two-Factor Authentication by dspillett on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @11:19AM (#6134321)

> none of my desktop computers have bluetooth

USB based bluetooth dongles are dirt cheap, so this should not be an expensive or otherwise overly inconvenient issue to resolve.

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Re:Authy: Faster Two-Factor Authentication by blakeshall on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @11:26AM (#6134390)

I think he is saying that it isn't worth it/ too inconvenient to go out and get a bluetooth dongle just for this app.

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Re:Authy: Faster Two-Factor Authentication by fiskfiskfisk on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @11:38AM (#6134500)

Could be a possible way of branding / selling "The Authy Solution". A small BT dongle and a year of pre-paid subscription in a bundle.

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