How many days a QR code/URL is valid?

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How many days a QR code/URL is valid? #200

Closed marcuspapa closed 2 years ago

marcuspapa commented 2 years ago

Hi,

If I run ./googleauthenticator and generate a new URL/QR code. How many days/weeks this QR code will be valid to be insert on Google Authenticator mobile app? I

Regards, Marcus Papa.

ThomasHabets commented 2 years ago

Forever. QR codes don't expire. They're just the secrets in plaintext.