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Why in the hell would Google Authenticator need access to my camera?
@lrhodes because it scans QR codes in order to add new 2FA tokens
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I commonly add new totps by scanning a QR code.
It can also export all your current ones as a QR code which you can scan from your new device. (After which both devices will show a message for a couple of days that codes have been exported.)
@lrhodes QR codes for synchronising a new ID