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Authy to Manage all your Google Authenticator accounts

Today I’m going to share with you an App that is going to help you to manage all your Two Factor Authentication (2FA) based accounts, which we usually manage using Google Authenticator.

What is Two-Factor authentication ?

Two factor authentication is an extra layer of security for our online accounts, which is used after typing our password, we need to also type an extra Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP), which keeps on changing after every 30 Seconds so no one is able guess it. The TOTP can be generated using Apps such as Google Authenticator. Some websites provides TOTP to be sent to mobile phone via SMS.

Google 2-Step Verification

2-step verificationGoogle Launched a new security system called 2-step verification. it protects your google accounts by the use of mobile phones, the verification system is works in order like it gets 2 Mobile numbers from you the One is primary and other one is secondary for accessing accounts it will send you an email containing some text or Token that helps the google to verify that you are only the owner.