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Setup verification codes
On the latest iOS app, I see an option to setup 2FA authentication codes using 1Password, see screenshot.
How exactly is toss feature used?
I've been using Authy for several years, I was not ...
1P_Dave
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The "Setup Verification Codes Using..." feature is handled by iOS Password AutoFill. If an iOS app offers you an otpauth:// link and you open it, then iOS will pass the TOTP secret in that otpauth:// link to the authenticator app that you've selected for the feature. If that authenticator app is 1Password then you'll be given the chance to save the secret in 1Password.
For example, if you enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for your Twitter account using the Twitter iOS app, you'll see a button in the Twitter app called "Link app". If you tap on that button iOS will open 1Password so that you can save your 2FA one-time password for Twitter in 1Password.
This feature doesn't work with QR codes and if you're being offered a QR code (and not an otpauth:// link) when you enable two-factor authentication for a website then I suggest that you scan it using the "Scan QR Code" feature built into 1Password for Safari on iOS: Get to know 1Password for Safari on your iPhone or iPad
Let me know if you have any questions. 🙂
-Dave
