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bonoforcommunity
2 years agoNew Contributor
otp from mac works but otp from android app doesnt?
otp from mac works but otp from android app doesnt!
just searched a bit and seems timing mismatch on devices.
Really not sure why I am forced to keep all my devices in same time zone. i am frequ...
bonoforcommunity
2 years agoNew Contributor
Just wondering, if its better name would have been "Device Time-based One Time Password(DTOTP)", instead of calling it simply TOTP, as I believe many people would consider it as "Server Time-based One Time Password(STOTP)", but yeah that's for them who coined the term.
I agree it is not mandated by 1password and so are the normal credentials too. However, people look out for convenience and better experience, probably the very foundation of the existence of such tools. In this case then, platform versatility gets limited I believe, as I think no time is incorrect, its just the matter of place where it is correct and not sure why people won't sacrifice the convenience of storing it there when the sometimes incorrect and sometimes correct code(depending on device) may confuse them, instead of a tool dictating how to control devices.
Also, not sure if it is really challenging(other than it won't work without internet and mostly people will internet to use their service where they plan to use the credentials) to use just single source of truth(server time).