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davidsi
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

What is the authenticator?

I'm moving my dropbox account off a Mac and onto a linux machine. When I try and install dropbox, I get as far as entering my email/password and it asks me for the 6 digit code on the "authenticator"...
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Mark
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2 years ago

Its 2 factor authentication - so either an app you set up (such as Google Authenticiator or 1Password etc.)

 

You may be able to disable it via the old computer at https://www.dropbox.com/account/security

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