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Re:Ask HN: Why is there no built-in authenticator app in iOS or Android? on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:06AM (#22169443)

Right, but the idea is that a lot more people might use this if more sites offered it and it was a built in feature of the device.

Ask HN: Why is there no built-in authenticator app in iOS or Android?

Posted by kensdorf on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:30PM
from the ask-hn dept.

2FA via SMS is known to be flawed, yet it is by far the most common method. I think more sites would offer 2FA via authenticator apps if they didn't have to ask you to download a third-party app.

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