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by mwww 4667 days ago
It's great to see another big web service implementing two-factor authentication. Looks like 2FA is going to be a standard option in web apps in the near future.
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I'm really glad that they didn't go the Twitter route and develop something completely new.
How is twitter's 2fa completely new? I use it and it behaves exactly like Google's does.
When they rolled it out, it was SMS-only. It still doesn't use TOTP - they've baked something into their mobile app that allows it to function as the second factor, rather than just supporting the same 2FA scheme that everyone else does.
Ah, I wasn't aware they didn't support TOTP; I only ever use sms based 2fa.
Since they don't use TOTP it's not possible to use their two-factor authentication with applications such as Google Authenticator or Authy. What's more, I don't think it even works with third-party Twitter clients (Correct me if I'm wrong), so you have to use Twitter's own apps.
It does indeed work with third-party apps using Google-style "app specific passwords". But I didn't know that it didn't support TOTP since I only use SMS authentication. I can see that as being a lame move, though.