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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Time-based one-time passwords. It's been used for years for multi-factor authentication.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_one-time_password

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, multi factor, that means you still have a regular password as well as the totp.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

that was one example of where they are used lol