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Title: Google Authenticator can now hide your 2FA codes behind Face ID & Touch ID Post by: HCK on June 24, 2021, 04:05:23 pm Google Authenticator can now hide your 2FA codes behind Face ID & Touch ID
What you need to know Google Authenticator can now require Face ID or Touch ID authentication before displaying 2FA codes. The new feature is part of version 3.2.0 that's in the App Store now. More protection for your codes. A newly released update to the popular Google Authenticator brings support for the requirement for Face ID or Touch ID before the app will display any two-factor authentication codes. The update brings with it the ability to search for accounts and transfer multiple accounts to another device, but it's the addition of a new Privacy Screen that's the most important here. Before, anyone with access to your iPhone or iPad could access your two-factor authentication codes. Now, you can have the app require biometric authentication first. The full list of additions reads: Added the ability to transfer many accounts to a different device Added the ability of search for accounts Added the ability to turn on Privacy Screen Two-factor authentication... Source: Google Authenticator can now hide your 2FA codes behind Face ID & Touch ID (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/xTZw7C4gKKs/google-authenticator-can-now-hide-your-2fa-codes-behind-face-id-touch-id) |