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Topic: How safe is Google Authenticator (Read 596 times)

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No I dont escrow anymore.
December 11, 2013, 08:09:26 AM
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Discuss.

Safe for what? Transmission of the shared secret is a known vulnerability, thus its not safe against "shoulder surfing attacks". Also "man in the middle" attacks are possible where someone is intercepting the one time passcode, which leaves a ~ 30 sec. timeframe for an attack.
Also you have to trust Google not to give your shared secret to anyone else.
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December 11, 2013, 08:08:12 AM
#3
The device is safe, it's the person that uses it that blocks the system from being 100% safe
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December 11, 2013, 08:04:15 AM
#2
Close to 100% safe, unless your phone is lost or stolen or rooted ...
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December 11, 2013, 07:58:19 AM
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