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Two factor auth? You just go into your account settings, elect to turn it on, it'll have you install the Google Auth app on your phone and scan a QR code, which
by cheald 15y ago
Two factor auth? You just go into your account settings, elect to turn it on, it'll have you install the Google Auth app on your phone and scan a QR code, which configures the app. Then, when you try to log into your account next, it'll ask for the code generated by the app.
The authenticator itself is just HMAC-OTP with the seed as the current time quantitized to 30-second intervals. Very straightforward.
- jberryman 15y agoAlso to use google services that don't support it (or can't, e.g. Smtp with gmail), you can have google generate a new "throwaway" password which it will display for you one time. It was pretty straightforward and actual kind of fun to make the switch.