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  • Plugin Author David Anderson

    (@davidanderson)

    To be honest, I don’t know what the question means, since I’ve not used Authy.

    The plugin uses the industry standard TOTP algorithm. This doesn’t need or use either push or pull. No network connectivity at all. It only requires accurate time on the device showing the codes.

    Thread Starter gamerwp

    (@gamerwp)

    Thanks for your reply. I’m asking for this:

    Push Notification for 2FA.
    Rather than relying on the receipt and entry of a 2FA token, websites and apps can now send the user a push notification that an authentication attempt is taking place. The device owner simply views the details and can approve or deny access with a single touch. It’s passwordless authentication with no codes to enter, and no additional interaction required.

    Thanks.

    Plugin Author David Anderson

    (@davidanderson)

    > Rather than relying on the receipt and entry of a 2FA token

    The plugin doesn’t do this; nothing is transmitted over any network. The TOTP protocol doesn’t work that way. (Which is its major plus: you can be out of credit, out of signal, the world’s servers can be down, but your phone still happily generates codes).

    But, I understand the thing you’re emphasising is popping up an alert on the phone so that you don’t have to open or type anything. You can probably guess that, since this is a completely different way of doing things to the TOTP protocol and hence would require major surgery, the plugin doesn’t have that facility.

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