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Authy: Faster Two-Factor Authentication
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#42Has anyone here used both Authy and Duo Mobile and would like to recommend one over the other?
haven't used Duo Mobile but Authy has been great for us
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#43To know if your mac is support before installing the app run this command:
system_profiler -detailLevel full SPBluetoothDataType | grep "LMP Version"
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#44Hi, 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
Hi Daniel, two questions:
1. What is your business model ? The app looks great and I wouldn't want to see it go away in a couple of months.
2. There is a registration process that ties the app to my phone and there seem to be a recovery process. Does it mean that the secrets are stored on your servers ? If yes, what prevents you or one of your employees to gain access to the secret keys ?
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
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.
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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#46I really don't like giving out my phone number to a small company with no apparent revenue model, no matter what they are saying they are going to do or not do with that number. Sorry for being cynical, but judging from all these services coming and going all over the place, any of the following is going to happen within a year: 1) authy gets bought by $COMPANY. With some likelihood it's not a company I want to have…
Maybe its just me, but I never pick up numbers I don't have in my phone book. I just let them leave a voice mail or assume its not important.
Never quite understood the HN fetishism about keeping emails and phone numbers private. I hand them out like candy and haven't felt a price for it.
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#47As a dev I love the idea that there's 3rd party to handle the finer points of my 2-factor auth.
As an end user, I don't want to touch your app with a 10ft pole since you're an untrusted/unvetted source holding on to some very important tokens.
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#48I really don't like giving out my phone number to a small company with no apparent revenue model, no matter what they are saying they are going to do or not do with that number. Sorry for being cynical, but judging from all these services coming and going all over the place, any of the following is going to happen within a year: 1) authy gets bought by $COMPANY. With some likelihood it's not a company I want to have…
Maybe its just me, but I never pick up numbers I don't have in my phone book. I just let them leave a voice mail or assume its not important. Never quite understood the HN fetishism about keeping emails and phone numbers private. I hand them out like candy and haven't felt a price for it.
Cellphone numbers can very easily be abused to steal money (premium SMS), to steal my identity, to spam me in the middle of the night, to pull me out of the "zone" by calling me/messaging me during work hours, to track my location while roaming and probably a lot more stuff that's not currently apparent to me.
Also, my phone number is known to some identity providers I trust. If they sent me an SMS asking me to click a link, I might be inclined to follow that link. This is quite right despite the sender being very easily spoofable because nobody but these identity providers know my phone number.
No. I'd rather be very careful with that number.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
A lot of us are familiar with two factor authentication with Google Authenticator. Could you give us a run through of the differences between GA and Authy? What are the advantages of Authy over GA? Edit: suggestions - do not ask for cellphone number twice. Sending SMS PIN as a link is a bit weird.
You can see: http://blog.authy.com/authenticator But in general terms: 1. Authy tokens automatically sync even if you lose, change or upgrade phone. 2. Ability to do encrypted backups of Google Auth tokens. Same as above, they will sync if you lose, change or upgrade phone. 3. Bluetooth: Takes the hassle out of Two-Factor Auth. 4. Automatic time sync: Always makes sure your tokens work no matter what. 5. Key Rotation…
What happens if Authy is compromised?
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#50Why doesn't this work with iPhone 4 or below?
Edit: According to this document iPhone 4 support all Bluetooth profiles: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3647