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		philsnow on Oct 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Strengthening 2-Step Verification with Security Ke... Wait, Google Authenticator lets you provision accounts by scanning a barcode, how does it not list "take pictures and videos" in its permissions manifest ?

wmf on Oct 21, 2014 [–]

IIRC Google Authenticator uses a third-party barcode scanner via an intent.

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