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Originally Posted by kahntrutahn
I wouldn't use google authentication unless my life depended on it. Lots of people hate Google and don't want to give the worlds largest data miners any more information than they already have...
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Kahn
Perfectly fair, though I'm sure there are other choices besides google (i'm referring to the local user, WPN could use whatever they wanted or do it themselves. They don't need to use the same service as the user, it's just cryptography.) I've heard of "authy" as well, but haven't looked specifically into it.
You aren't giving the authenticator any information relating to your poker playing, you're just scanning a code into it and giving that particular code a name. So I wouldn't be concerned with using google authenticator unless you refuse to use absolutely ANY google applications.
I'd reiterate that I would personally very strongly like this feature added one way or another. With bitcoin withdrawals, your money can disappear easily if your password is compromised (or dumping through poker play). It's a very basic security feature that I think all serious poker sites should have. Obviously physical tokens are far more involved and expensive to implement than the cell phone method for 2fa.