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Ask HN: Authenticator app with push notifications?

1 pointsby conorgil145almost 9 years ago
Today, I just saw an announcement by Google that they are releasing a feature for their Google Apps customers which allows users to receive a push notification on their phone for Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) [1].<p>For a long time now, I have been thinking about creating an app which would allow users to receive a push notification on their phone in order to provide the MFA code directly to their browser (via a browser plugin). It could work with any current site which requires a MFA code that can be generated from an authenticator app on your phone.<p>Would you use such an app? Would you pay monthly for the push notifications feature and for developers to maintain&#x2F;add new site integrations? Why or why not?<p>Also, which authenticator app do you currently use and are you happy with it? Previously, I used the Google Authenticator app [2], but I recently started using Authy [3] and the UX is dramatically better IMO. I&#x27;m asking to get a sense of which features are important to developers who use these apps on a daily basis (AWS, GitHub, etc).<p>Thanks!<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;googleappsupdates.blogspot.co.uk&#x2F;2016&#x2F;06&#x2F;new-settings-for-2-step-verification.html<p>[2] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;accounts&#x2F;answer&#x2F;1066447?hl=en<p>[3] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.authy.com&#x2F;app&#x2F;

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