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I've tried to setup Authy using bluetooth, but I failed :(. Mac OSX 10.8 on Macbook Air, iOS 7 on iPhone 4S. It did ask me on the phone to give access for Bluetooth to Authy, which I approved. But On the desktop app there is an empty list of devices and nothing else shows on my phone's screen.
But I'd rather see something different than a (blurry) image of the founder looking somewhere off screen. I mean it's "personal", I get it - but this can be improved. While this might sound superficial, it's the first thing that came to my mind ...
I've tried to setup Authy using bluetooth, but I failed :(. Mac OSX 10.8 on Macbook Air, iOS 7 on iPhone 4S. It did ask me on the phone to give access for Bluetooth to Authy, which I approved. But On the desktop app there is an empty list of devices and nothing else shows on my phone's screen.
Hi Maver, unfortunately is likely your Mac doesn't have a Bluetooth 4.0 chip and Apple doesn't have an API on the iPhone to talk via 2.0. It will work on an Android though.
Edit: For the reference - I went to Authy support chat room, and it seems that even though I have a 2012 Mac, system profiler says that I have LMP version 4, which means Bluetooth 2.1. That's why it doesn't work. The support was top notch though.
I've been using authy for months since it handles 2-factor auth for dnsimple. Just saw the update that supports bluetooth come in on the App Store this morning. Congrats to the team on this big release! One thing that's nice about seeing a modern two-factor auth app with a solid business model behind it, is that Google seems to have abondoned their Authenticator app - no releases since 2011, doesn't yet work properly…
What exactly would you like improved in Google Authenticator? It's not like it does anything special, it just scans TOTP QR codes and generates TOTP codes, and it does both of those pretty well.
I actually like the fact that it has no additional functionality. Everything stays on the device itself and is not sent to Google or saved "to the cloud"[1]. The only thing I think that would be an improvement would be for it fit the entire iPhone 5 screen (it's letter boxed) but that doesn't really bother me that much.
[1]: I've heard it gets backed up to iCloud but I don't use that.
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Hi, we already do. We charge websites, banks and apps to enable two-factor auth on their sites. See https://www.authy.com/developer/pricing .
Ah, I see, thank you. Another question: If for some reason, your company shut down tomorrow morning, what would that mean for users of your app? Would it stop working?
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Hi, we already do. We charge websites, banks and apps to enable two-factor auth on their sites. See https://www.authy.com/developer/pricing .
Ah, I see, thank you. Another question: If for some reason, your company shut down tomorrow morning, what would that mean for users of your app? Would it stop working?
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.
A word about the website: The video is really great, enjoyable and fresh (very positive vibe, extremely well executed). But I'd rather see something different than a (blurry) image of the founder looking somewhere off screen. I mean it's "personal", I get it - but this can be improved. While this might sound superficial, it's the first thing that came to my mind ...
Hi, I'm Daniel, Authy Founder. We've worked almost 18 months on this product, it's surreal to finally see it out. Anyway, you can read more about why we did this here: http://blog.authy.com/thefuture