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Old 25th November 2024 | 14:32
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What”s with this app now being required ? It looks like it costs 90 $ a year and now you have to use it to log on WTF ?
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Old 25th November 2024 | 15:04
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Any context? Both Microsoft and Google authenticator apps are free.
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Old 25th November 2024 | 15:24
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Log on to what?

FWIW I use Authy, free, for three separate websites.
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Old 25th November 2024 | 16:19
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Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
What”s with this app now being required ? It looks like it costs 90 $ a year and now you have to use it to log on WTF ?
Sounds like a scam. Be careful.
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Old 25th November 2024 | 18:43
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Yes I downloaded what I thought was the Authy app from the Apple App Store but it obviously wasn’t and then the next day got an email saying I had been billed 😡
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Yes I downloaded what I thought was the Authy app from the Apple App Store but it obviously wasn’t and then the next day got an email saying I had been billed 😡
And Apple will be taking 30% of that...
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Old 26th November 2024 | 07:59
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Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
Yes I downloaded what I thought was the Authy app from the Apple App Store but it obviously wasn’t and then the next day got an email saying I had been billed 😡
That's a sickener. I'd have expected the Apple App store to be one of the safest places to download software from.
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